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Access to social benefits: Reducing non-take-up
Part of Eurofound
Official or government body
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Open source (opens in a new tab)Link checked August 2026
About this source
A study by the EU's living and working conditions agency of why people who are entitled to social benefits, including disability benefits, often do not receive them, and what reduces it.
Where this source is used
Used in 2 places across 1 domain.
Questions
Planning
Disability Benefits
- What are disability benefits, and could they help me?
Qualifies this
“Benefits people are entitled to often go unclaimed, and not knowing about them or assuming you will not qualify is one reason.”
A study across EU countries of people who are entitled to a benefit and do not receive it. It confirms this is common and large. It also finds that not knowing is only one of three main reasons: how costly or complicated it is to apply, and stigma or distrust of institutions, matter as well. The answer names the first of those three.
Estimates suggest that in each of the Member States identified, there is at least one type of benefit for which over one-third of people who are entitled to it do not receive it.
Mapping non-take-up
Finance & Insurance
- What kinds of financial and insurance support might exist?
Qualifies this
“People entitled to social benefits frequently do not receive them, though not knowing about them is only one of the reasons.”
A study by the EU's living and working conditions agency of why entitled people do not receive social benefits. In each of the 16 member states it examined, at least one benefit went unreceived by over a third of those entitled. It qualifies the reason given here: not knowing is one of three explanations, alongside the cost and complexity of applying, and stigma or distrust.
Estimates suggest that in each of the Member States identified, there is at least one type of benefit for which over one-third of people who are entitled to it do not receive it.
Mapping non-take-up
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