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Abstract
Monitoring and screening have been shown to be empirically important
in reducing the use of social insurance benefits. Most previous studies
have focused on ex-post effects of monitoring but
ex ante
effects from
monitoring could potentially be even more important. This paper
contributes to this literature by empirically studying whether monitoring
in the Swedish temporary parental benefit program affects future take-up
rates. We estimate the effects of being randomly selected into monitoring
on the take-up of temporary parental benefits during the following year.
The results suggest that parents who are selected into monitoring reduce
their future benefit take-up.