Ill-health can be expected to reduce employment and income. But are the effects sustained over time? Do they differ … across the income distribution? And are there spillover effects on the employment and income of the spouse? We use matching …, on employment and income up to six years after the health shock using linked Dutch hospital and tax register data. On …

In this paper we estimate the causal labour market impacts of disability onset up to four years after onset using … score matching techniques. We find lasting negative impacts on employment, especially full-time employment, which is linked … more to reduced movement into full-time employment than to downshifting from full-time to part-time work. Longer …

This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key … and financial stabilization in 1997. The global economic crisis had a major effect on Bulgarian growth and employment … its 2008 level. However, employment growth was negative during 2009–2012, and the first small uptick occurred only in …

governance. It reviews the employment issues and trends in the budget framework, and also analyzes the implementation, monitoring …

Previous modelling of the impact of disability on employment has failed to allow for a direct effect rendering some … individuals capable of work. A model in which both a capacity and a desire for work are necessary conditions for employment is … failure to allow for it results in overestimation of the wage elasticity of employment. The accuracy of self-reported capacity …

) Social Security Disability (SSD) beneficiaries first awarded benefits between 1996 and 2007, particularly differences between …

about the disability insurance system while highlighting areas of the system that beg for greater understanding. …

, and retirement and disability benefits offset only a small amount of the earnings declines, resulting in decreased overall …