Ill-health can be expected to reduce employment and income. But are the effects sustained over time? Do they differ …, on employment and income up to six years after the health shock using linked Dutch hospital and tax register data. On … either employment or income. The distribution of ill-health contributes to income inequality: a health shock is both more …

We exploit an age discontinuity in a Dutch disability insurance (DI) reform to identify the health impact of stricter … negative health effect on females is restricted to women with low pre-disability earnings. We hypothesize that the gender … difference in the effect is due to the reform tightening eligibility particularly with respect to mental health conditions, which …