 |
Does Social Interaction Matter for Welfare Participation?
2 : Groupe dánalyse et de théorie économique
(GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne)
-
Website
École Normale Supérieure - Lyon, Université Lumière - Lyon 2, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Etienne], Université de Lyon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5824
93, chemin des Mouilles 69130 Écully --- 6, rue Basse des Rives 42023 Saint-Étienne cedex 02 -
France
3 : ERUDITE
(ERUDITE)
Université Paris-Est : EA437
4 : Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée à la Mondialisation
(CREAM)
-
Website
Université de Rouen Normandie : EA4702
3 avenue Pasteur 76186 Rouen Cedex 1 -
France
We estimate neighbourhood peer effects on income support participation in France. Taking into account residential migrations of recipients and public housing assignment, we use strategies that tackle common bias in the identification of social interaction effects on welfare participation. Furthermore, we investigate heterogeneity of the neighbourhood peer effects. Our results highlight that neighbourhood composition has a significant and positive effect on the participation of individuals living in that neighbourhood.
