have impacted the rise of disability rates in OECD countries. To do so, we use an RDD design to study how a JSM program … but also in the transition to disability. The RDD exploits the fact that the program was only targeted at long … unemployment to disability and no impact on the transition rate to employment or inactivity. More precisely, individuals just below …

disability programs in four countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. We show how growth in the receipt … of publically provided disability benefits has fluctuated over time and discuss how policy choices played a role. Based …