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We examine the targeting effects of increased scrutiny in the screening of Disability Insurance (DI) applications using … exogenous variation in screening induced by a policy reform. The reform raised DI application costs and revealed more … not apply under the old system of more lax screening, those who are discouraged from applying are in worse health, have …
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We examine the targeting effects of increased scrutiny in the screening of Disability Insurance (DI) applications using … exogenous variation in screening induced by a policy reform. The reform raised DI application costs and revealed more … not apply under the old system of more lax screening, those who are discouraged from applying are in worse health, have …
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We examine the targeting effects of stricter screening in the Dutch Disability Insurance (DI) program induced by a major … average health conditions of awardees were fully driven by self-screening and work resumption in the DI waiting period …
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We examine the targeting effects of increased scrutiny in the screening of Disability Insurance (DI) applications using … exogenous variation in screening induced by a policy reform. The reform raised DI application costs and revealed more … not apply under the old system of more lax screening, those who are discouraged from applying are in worse health, have …
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Temporary help services (THS) firms are increasing their hiring of disadvantaged individuals and claiming more subsidies for doing so. Do these subsidies—the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW)—create incentives that improve employment outcomes for THS...
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Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of the population. Reinvention of human capital policies...
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This paper concentrates on the trends in peer-reviewed longitudinal panel studies under scientific direction. Household panel studies have succeeded in broadening their disciplinary scope. Numerous innovations such as questions dealing with psychological concepts, and age-specific topical...
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In Southern Europe youngsters leave the parental home significantly later than in Northern Europe and United States. In this paper, we study the effect of a monthly cash subsidy on young adults' emancipation, family formation, and fertility. The subsidy, introduced in Spain in 2008, is...
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There is clear evidence that fairness plays a role in redistribution. Individuals want to compensate others for their misfortune, while they allow them to enjoy the fruits of their effort. Such fairness considerations have been introduced in political economy and optimal income tax models with a...
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