Raising the take-up of social assistance benefits through a simple mailing: evidence from a French field experiment
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- Sylvain Chareyron & David Gray & Yannick L’Horty, 2018. "Raising Take-Up of Social Assistance Benefits through a Simple Mailing: Evidence from a French Field Experiment," Revue d'économie politique, Dalloz, vol. 128(5), pages 777-805.
- Sylvain Chareyron & David Gray & Yannick L'Horty, 2017. "Raising the take-up of social assistance benefits through a simple mailing: evidence from a French field experiment," TEPP Working Paper 2017-01, TEPP.
- Sylvain Chareyron & David Gray & Yannick L’horty, 2018. "Raising Take-Up of Social Assistance Benefits through a Simple Mailing: Evidence from a French Field Experiment," Post-Print hal-04269145, HAL.
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Keywords
non-take-up of social insurance benefits; RCT; informational nudge;All these keywords.
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