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We investigate the duration of time until the first work resumption for a cohort of people who receive disability … insurance benefits. One of the peculiarities of the disability insurance program under investigation is that the level of … work experience, and the level of disability. As a result, different people will face different benefit schedules and hence …
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The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity, diabetes, and other diseases could reduce life expectancy - with a concomitant decrease in the public-sector's annuity burden - but these savings may be offset by worsening...
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consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment provision of the 1996 Disability Discrimination …
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disability status are examined. About 60% of employees report working more than they would wish with the mean difference of -3 … difference. We find no effects of legal disability status on the disequilibrium which we interpret as a reflection of stronger …
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Using data from the 2002 LFS, we examine the impact of disability on labour market outcomes by gender. Our results … of operation of the Disability Discrimination Act. Significant heterogeneity within the disabled group is identified …: those suffering from mental health forms of disability fare particularly badly. Wage decompositions suggest the ?penalty …
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Previous modelling of the impact of disability on employment has failed to allow for a direct effect rendering some …
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The impact that an unforeseen event has on household welfare depends on the extent to which household members can take actions to mitigate the direct impact of the shock. In this paper, we use nine years of longitudinal data from the Household Income Labour Dynamics of Australia (HILDA) survey...
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