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Did Vietnam veterans get sicker in the 1990s? : the complicated effects of military service on self-reported health

Angrist, Joshua D.; Chen, Stacey H.; Frandsen, Brigham R. - 2010

The veterans disability compensation (VDC) program, which provides a monthly stipend to disabled veterans, is the third largest American disability insurance program. Since the late 1990s, VDC growth has been driven primarily by an increase in claims from Vietnam veterans, raising concerns about...

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Von der schulischen Segregation zur inklusiven Bildung? : die Wirkung der UN-Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen auf Bildungsreformen in Bayern und Schleswig-...

Blanck, Jonna M.; Edelstein, Benjamin; Powell, Justin J. W. - 2013

Im Jahre 2009 ist in Deutschland die UN Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen (UN-BRK) in Kraft … getreten, in welcher sich Deutschland verpflichtet, ein inklusives Bildungssystem zu gewährleisten. Dafür müssen die … gegliederten Schulsystem. Welche Barrieren bestehen bei der Umsetzung inklusiver Schulreformen in Deutschland? Wie können diese …

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Are employment protection laws for disabled people effective in a developing country?

Palmer, Michael; Williams, Jenny - 2020

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Cash benefits to disabled persons in Brazil : an analysis of BPC : continuous cash benefit programme

Souza, Marcelo Medeiros Coelho de; Diniz, Déborah; … - 2015

The paper presents an analysis of the Continuous Cash Benefit Programme (BPC, which stands for Benefício de Prestação Continuada in Portuguese), an unconditional cash transfer to the elderly or to extremely poor individuals with disabilities. The information used in the assessment stems from...

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Privatizing disability insurance

Seibold, Arthur; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2022

Public disability insurance (DI) programs in many countries face pressure to reduce their generosity in order to remain sustainable. In this paper, we investigate the welfare effects of giving a larger role to private insurance markets in the face of public DI cuts. Exploiting a unique reform...

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