Fischer, Bjoern; Geyer, Johannes Micha; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study a fundamental reform of the public Disability Insurance (DI) system in Germany. Effective 2001, cohorts born after 1960 are no longer eligible for "occupational DI." Occupational DI (ODI) implies benefit eligibility when health shocks prevent employees from working in their previous...
