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Estimating the Impact of a Policy Reform on Welfare Participation: The 2001 extension to the Minimum Income Guarantee for UK pensioners

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Hancock R (School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia)
Pudney S () (Institute for Social and Economic Research)
Zantomio F () (Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies)

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In 2001 the Minimum Income Guarantee system for UK pensioners was reformed, changing the structure and level of benefits. We evaluate the behavioural response to this reform, using nonparametric analysis of a sample of data on pensioners interviewed in the Family Resources Survey before and another interviewed after the reform. They are matched in terms of simulated entitlements and demographic characteristics, using various matching options. We argue that this approach is less vulnerable to specification and measurement error than the usual parametric analysis. The take-up response is found to be significant and positive, in contrast with parametric results.

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Paper provided by Institute for Social and Economic Research in its series ISER working papers with number 2006-21.

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Date of creation: 28 Apr 2006
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Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2006-21

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