We exploit an age discontinuity in a Dutch disability insurance (DI) reform to identify the health impact of stricter … negative health effect on females is restricted to women with low pre-disability earnings. We hypothesize that the gender … difference in the effect is due to the reform tightening eligibility particularly with respect to mental health conditions, which …

We exploit an age discontinuity in a Dutch disability insurance (DI) reform to identify the health impact of stricter … negative health effect on females is restricted to women with low pre-disability earnings. We hypothesize that the gender … difference in the effect is due to the reform tightening eligibility particularly with respect to mental health conditions, which …

worker health. To do so, we analyze male workers after an acute workplace injury that experience differential levels of … are more likely to remain in the labor force. We observe no differences in any physical or mental health outcomes … yield any detectable health costs, on the margin. …

, program spillovers, and worker health. To do so, we analyze workers after an acute workplace injury that experience … health outcomes. Our findings imply that imposing stricter DI screening has large fiscal benefits but does not yield any … detectable health costs, on the margin. …

, program spillovers, and worker health. To do so, we analyze workers after a workplace injury that experience differential … health outcomes. Our findings imply that imposing stricter DI screening has large fiscal benefits but does not yield any … detectable health costs, on the margin. …

We study the role that firms play in social insurance benefit uptake after their workers experience health shocks …-employee administrative data linked to individual-level health records, we find that firm responses to worker health shocks are heterogeneous …. Workers hit by a health shock at high-quality firms are less likely to take up disability insurance or exit the labor force …

If the marginal utility of consumption depends on health status, this will affect the economic analysis of a number of … central problems in public finance, including the optimal structure of health insurance and optimal life cycle savings. In … this paper, we describe the promises and challenges of various approaches to estimating the effect of health on the …