literature by estimating both switch-on and switch-off effects, because the reform was repealed two years later. We find a two … terms) at higher quantiles, meaning that the reform predominantly reduced long durations of absence. In terms of health, the … reform reduced the average number of days spent in hospital by almost half a day, but we cannot find robust evidence for …

human capital outcomes only if the reform induces a replacement of informal child-care with maternal care. We conclude that …

We exploit an age discontinuity in a Dutch disability insurance (DI) reform to identify the health impact of stricter … hospitalized and a 2.6 percentage point higher probability of death more than 10 years after the reform. There are no effects on … difference in the effect is due to the reform tightening eligibility particularly with respect to mental health conditions, which …

An often overlooked population in discussions of prison reform is the children of inmates. How a child is affected …