Non-Take-Up of Social Security Benefits in Europe
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of European Social Policy
- Vol. 1 (1) , 15-30
- https://doi.org/10.1177/095892879100100103
Abstract
The phenomenon of non-take-up of social security benefits has social policy implications and is therefore a relevant subject for study for social policy analysts. This article starts with a discussion of the arguments in support of this general statement, followed by an overview of available data on non-take-up in various western European countries. Britain, and to a lesser extent the former West Germany and the Netherlands, are exceptions to the general rule that in European countries very little is known about the incidence of non-take-up.Keywords
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