Monitoring procedures deter eligible applicants without demonstrably recovering their cost.

Evidence

Applicants are thus forced to lie or risk the loss of an important relationship. The interviews are conducted in a legalistic way with little sympathy for the position of the applicant. Manyeligible potential clients do not complete the application process, because they prefer not to suffer these pressures and indignities. is Like so many monitoring precedures in welfare, it is unclear if monies recovered through these procedures equal the costs of engaging in them. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 688

Categorization

• QUESTION: The ruling that it is ‘unclear’ whether recovered monies equal enforcement costs is an empirical gap worth chasing.
• XREF: connects to: Administrators consciously debated raising application costs to deter applicants — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of…, 765; The mere threat of dispute costs can deter cheating without real costs being paid. — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 130

Broader Connections

• The mere threat of dispute costs can deter cheating without real costs being paid. #qualifies (0.80) — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 130
• Administrators consciously debated raising application costs to deter applicants #complicates (0.75) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 765