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The aim of the study is to estimate the non-take-up rates of housing allowance in Upper Austria - both in terms of households and expenditure. Additionally, socio-economic and dempographic characteristics associated with non-take-up are analysed.
For the analysis microsimulation based on national EU-SILC 2019 data is used.
We find that 30% of households that were entitled to housing allowances in 2018 (12,000 out of 40,000) did not claim the benefit. The non-take-up rate on the expenditure level amounts to 21%, which corresponds to 15 million €. Non-take-up is particularly high among single-person households, households situated outside the regional capital Linz (statistically not significant) and households with a main earner that migrated from a third country.
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research supports the Sustainable Development Goals