This paper evaluates a Filipino policy that expanded health insurance coverage of its senior citizens, aged 60 and … insurance coverage by approximately 16 percentage points. We show that the compliers, those induced by the policy to obtain … insurance, are disproportionately female and largely from the middle of the socioeconomic distribution. Instrumental variables …

disability programs in four countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. We show how growth in the receipt … of publically provided disability benefits has fluctuated over time and discuss how policy choices played a role. Based …

design is similar to many types of insurance products that have large deductibles and are applied on a calendar year basis … checks. These findings have important implications for the design of the EMSN, as well as other insurance products. …

Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants and distinguishes it from the discouragement effect of receiving disability benefits … differences in processing speed among disability examiners to whom applicants are randomly assigned, we find that longer …

have impacted the rise of disability rates in OECD countries. To do so, we use an RDD design to study how a JSM program … but also in the transition to disability. The RDD exploits the fact that the program was only targeted at long … unemployment to disability and no impact on the transition rate to employment or inactivity. More precisely, individuals just below …