Institutionalized Normality and Individual Living Situations. The Non-Take-Up of Old-Age Basic Income Support in Germany

The study analyzes the non-take-up of means-tested benefits among older people in Germany using GSOEP (2010–2015). The results suggest that 6 out of 10 do not claim benefits. To explain non-take-up the study looks at differences between individual living situations and institutionalized normality. The empirical section deals with three dimensions of the living situation: coping with financial hardship, acknowledgment of previous achievements, and temporal dynamics. While coping and temporal dynamics prove to be relevant, the results regarding acknowledgment are mixed.

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Institutionalized Normality and Individual Living Situations. The Non-Take-Up of Old-Age Basic Income Support in Germany

Felix Wilke

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Juli 2021

Seitenbereich: 181 - 200

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2021-0014

SchlüsselwörterSocial policy, non-take-up, old-age security, poverty, social security, welfare

© 2021 Felix Wilke, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Social policy, non-take-up, old-age security, poverty, social security, welfare