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Social Influence Effects on Social Assistance Recipiency

Carina Mood

Stockholm University, Sweden

A potential self-reinforcing component in the dynamics of social assistance (SA) is analyzed in this paper. The core hypothesis is that the SA recipiency of others can assert a positive influence on an individual's propensity to apply for SA. The mechanisms through which such influence may operate are discussed and a set of hypotheses linking individual action and macro-level SA are proposed and tested by means of pooled cross-sections time-series analysis. Data on all individuals aged 20-25 in the Stockholm region who received SA in the years 1990-9 are used for the analyses. Results indicate that the level of SA in one year has a positive effect on the next year's inflow of new SA recipients and a negative effect on the outflow, even when other relevant factors are controlled for. This lends support to the hypothesis of a self-reinforcing process.

Key Words: contextual effects • non-take-up • social assistance • social influence • stigma

Acta Sociologica, Vol. 47, No. 3, 235-251 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0001699304046250
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