We examine the living standards and health of working-age disabled people and disability benefits recipients over time … in the UK. The UK’s disability benefits system (which is non-means-tested and in which receipt is unrelated to work … are now on disability benefits, up from 2% in 1992–93. This rise has been driven by claims for mental health and other …

We study the impact of welfare payments in Ecuador on the probability that women and men work, and on whether they are … sources of data spanning more than 10 years. We find no evidence that welfare discouraged work. However, among women, welfare …

. Unexpectedly, the program did not have significant effects on men's welfare, investments and labor market outcomes. The results …

incomes, including among poorer households, and to raise welfare. Our results suggest that in-work transfers could be refined …

expanded welfare system meant that, if anything, disposable income inequality fell. Rising house prices have benefited people …

numbers on these benefits stopped rising when a welfare reform was introduced that integrated disability benefits with … the long-run the policy improved the outflows from disability benefits by 6% and had an (insignificant) 1% increase in …Disability rolls have escalated in developed nations over the last 40 years. The UK, however, stands out because the …