Netherlands Court of Audit presents Thesis Prize
Kim van Berkel (Erasmus University Rotterdam) has won the Netherlands Court of Audit’s 2024 Thesis Prize for her thesis on social assistance in the Netherlands. The thesis stood out for its important contribution to understanding the effects of earnings exemptions on employment rates among recipients of social assistance.
Van Berkel’s master’s thesis is entitled ‘Incentivizing social assistance recipients: quasi-experimental evidence from trials with earnings exemptions in the Netherlands’. The Rotterdam student received the prize from the Court of Audit’s Board member Barbara Joziasse on 29 February 2024. Second prize was awarded to Max ten Velde (Leiden University) for research into why people do not apply for welfare benefits, and the third prize was won by Frank Schuiten (Erasmus University Rotterdam) for his study of modern auditing techniques.
The Court of Audit recognises the importance of close ties with universities and students. The Thesis Prize is one of its initiatives to strengthen cooperation with academic knowledge institutions and students.
For more information on the Thesis Prize, see: The Netherlands Court of Audit Thesis Prize
Publications
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Kim van Berkel (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Incentivizing social assistance recipients: Quasi-experimental evidence from trials with earnings exemptions in the Netherlands
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Max ten Velde (Leiden University), Increased poverty through digital exclusion? The relationship between older people’s digital skills and non-take up of welfare benefits
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Frank Schuiten (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Examining the possibilities and impossibilities of Responsive Auditing … and reflections along the way