Der vorliegende Band beschäftigt sich mit folgenden thematischen Schwerpunkten: zum einen geht es um die Entwicklung der Zahl der Invaliditätspensionen in Österreich sowie um die wirtschaftlichen Kosten von Invalidisierung; zum anderen geht es um Wege der aktiven Gegensteuerung gegen...

The project shows that the working environment is rarely the sole cause of early retirement, but working environment factors may explain a large fraction of the transition to disability pension in particular. Several working environment predictors of early retirement are well-documented in the...

I investigate the incentive effects of disability pensions on the labor supply decision of the elderly in Germany. In the year 2001, a reform decreased the level of benefits and tightened the criteria of eligibility. The purpose of this paper is twofold: First, I estimate transition rates into...