disability insurance program. We find that discretion is more often exercised in favor of lower-waged applicants. Pre-disability … wages drop discontinuously just above disability thresholds for entitlement to partial benefits. Assessors are more likely …

We estimate the returns to more targeted disability insurance (DI) programs in terms of labor force participation … to claim disability and are more likely to remain in the labor force. We observe no differences in any physical or mental …

Disability benefits are costly and tend to reduce labor supply. While costs can be reduced by careful targeting … reassessment, we estimate employment responses to loss or reduction of benefits. We find that among those who left disability …. The consequences of leaving disability insurance sharply differed by pre-reform employment status. 62% of those without …

We estimate the returns to more targeted disability insurance (DI) programs in terms of labor force participation …