While a large share of Disability Insurance recipients are expected to recover, outflow rates from temporary disability … schemes are typically negligible. We estimate the disincentive effects of disability benefits on the response to a (mental …) health improvement using administrative data on all Dutch disability benefit applicants. We compare those below the DI …

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 …

differences in health translate into a substantially higher (30%) risk of applying for disability insurance (DI) in the … Netherlands. Using unique administrative data on health and labor market outcomes of all employees in the Netherlands, we …) the differential impact of labor market prospects on the decision to apply for DI benefits. We find that selection …