specialization and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of firms and people in them, change …

This paper studies the design of retirement and disability policies. It illustrates the often observed exit from the … labour force of healthy workers through disability insurance schemes. Two types of individuals, disabled and leisure …

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 …

This Paper develops a theory of diversity in work groups within organizations. Diversity is determined by the group …

specialization and diversity? To what extent does the structure of cities, and the activities of firms and people in them, change …

and education in order to stimulate the diversity of books on offer, increase the density of retail outlets and to promote …

diversity is low, the equilibrium policy is characterized by some amount of general income distribution and some targeted … diversity increases in society, the set of equilibrium policies becomes more and more tilted towards special interest groups and … against general redistribution. As diversity increases further, however, these policies are not sustainable. There exists a …