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Chapter 18 The economics of disability and disability policy
Haveman, Robert; Wolfe, Barbara - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 995-1051). 2000
comparing US disability policy with that in other Western industrialized countries and identifying research issues that are …
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Chapter 33 Labor supply effects of social insurance
Krueger, Alan B.; Meyer, Bruce D. - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 4, (pp. 2327-2392). 2002
the effects of wages or taxes on hours of work. The evidence on disability insurance and (especially) social security …
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Chapter 9. Regulating Occupational and Product Risks
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Leeth, John D. - In: Handbook of the economics of risk and uncertainty : volume 1, (pp. 493-600). 2014
Market forces, supplemented by government policy, affect how firms and households jointly determine product and workplace safety levels. After developing the economic theory of how labor and product markets pair prices and health risks we then explain the effects of the relevant government...
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Income Replacement and Reemployment Programs in Michigan and Neighboring States
Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002
Governments in every developed industrial economy administer programs that partially replace the earnings of workers who suffer job loss or on-the-job injury. In addition, governments administer programs to help job losers gain reemployment, either through direct job placement (for those who are...
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Reflections from an Action Researcher - Why We Do What We Do
Vickers, Margaret H. - In: International Journal of Action Research 3 (2007) 1+2, pp. 168-168
My reflections from the field are shared in an effort to assist others. I commence by describing a social problem that was the focus of an action research project. I then articulate the paradigmatic, methodological and method choices made. I share extracts of data collected during different...
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Disability and Work: The Role of Health Shocks and Childhood Circumstances
Lindeboom, Maarten; Llena-Nozal, Ana; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …
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Differences in the Returns to Education for Males by Disability Status and Age of Disability Onset
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Kimmel, Jean - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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How effective are employer return to work programs?
McLaren, Christopher F.; Reville, Robert T.; Seabury, … - In: International review of law and economics 52 (2017), pp. 58-73
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Effort and redistribution : better cousins than one might have thought
Buch, Claudia M.; Engel, Christoph - 2012
We use survey and experimental data to explore how effort choices and preferences for redis-tribution are linked. Under standard preferences, redistribution would reduce effort. This is different with social preferences. Using data from the World Value Survey, we find that respondents with...
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The happy artist? : an empirical application of the work-preference model
Steiner, Lasse; Schneider, Lucian - 2011
The artistic labor market is marked by several adversities, such as low wages, above-average unemployment, and constrained underemployment. Nevertheless, it attracts many young people. The number of students exceeds the available jobs by far. A potential explanation for this puzzle is that...
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