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We evaluate the potential of wage subsidy programs for reducing non-employment of the disabled by exploiting a reform of the Danish Flexjob scheme targeted towards employing the long-term (partially) disabled. Firms received a salary reimbursement for all employees granted a Flexjob. We examine...
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This paper examines employment-focused interventions within the US disability system. Our review illustrates the …
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Disability Insurance waiting time varies from a few months to several years. We estimate the causal effect of longer …
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This introduction offers a context for the articles in this thematic series by providing an overview of the programs that provide cash and in-kind supports to people with disabilities in the United States, summarizes the increasing reliance on these programs, and describes the challenges...
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Over the last 25 years, the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (DI) has grown dramatically. During the same … group, raising questions about the targeting of disability benefits, studies using denied applicants suggest a more modest …
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We estimate the effects of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program run by the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program …
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severe impairments can work, led to fundamental disability policy reforms in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Great Britain. In … Australia, rapid growth in disability recipiency led to more modest reforms. Here we describe the factors driving unsustainable … OECD countries, and discuss the reforms each country implemented to regain control over their cash transfer disability …
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work capacity, and disability retirement is increasing. Despite this, studies on the effects of policies aimed at enhancing … disabilities, in terms of employment and disability retirement. By using inverse probability weighting applied to rich Swedish … through the disability insurance program was somewhat less common among participants. Moreover, using a broader employment …
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with disabilities. We do so using data from the 2015 Survey of Disability and Employment on people with disabilities who …
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