Description:
This is the final workshop of the ESRC-funded project on “Determinants and effects of benefit take-up: Insights from panel data and microsimulation modelling” (ES/Y006070/1). The event is online, registration is free. A videolink will be shared with registered participants a few days prior to the workshop.
Program
Friday 30 October 2026
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and introductions |
| 09:10 – 09:50 | Jurgen Wiemers (Institute for Employment Research, IAB) – Non take-up of unemployment benefit II in Germany: A longitudinal perspective using administrative data |
| 09:50 – 10:30 | Melchior Vella (University of Malta and CeMPA) – Mind vs matter: Economic and psychological determinants of take-up rates of social benefits in the UK |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Break |
| 10:40 – 11:20 | Daria Popova (CeMPA) – Missing out on social assistance: The consequences of benefit non take-up in the UK |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Cécile Gayet (University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, Sorbonne Economics Centre, DREES) – Quantifying and understanding imperfect take-up rate of two French welfare programs |
| 12:00 – 12:10 | Break |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | Amadeo Fuenmayor (University of Valencia) – Checking Minimum Vital Income NTU household by household: Using the Spanish Household Panel in EUROMOD |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Closing remarks |