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Disability and Work: The Role of Health Shocks and Childhood Circumstances

Lindeboom, Maarten; Llena-Nozal, Ana; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …

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Disability and Work: the Role of Health Shocks and Childhood Circumstances

Lindeboom, Maarten; Nozal, Ana Llena; Klaauw, Bas van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006

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Health Care When Workers Need It Most: Before and After Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.

Livermore, Gina A.; Stapleton, David C.; Claypool, Henry - Mathematica Policy Research - 2010

This study analyzed survey data on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries during the six-year window … surrounding SSDI entitlement to illustrate changes in characteristics, insurance status, and health care access. …

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Growth in Disability Benefits: Explanations and Policy Implications

Rupp, Kalman (contributor); Stapleton, David C. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

disability - Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - have soared. …

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Work disability, work, and justification bias in Europe and the U.S.

Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, Arthur van - 2009

. -- Work limiting disability ; vignettes ; reporting bias …

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Work disability, work, and justification bias in Europe and the U.S.

Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.; Soest, Arthur van - 2009

disability ; Vignettes ; Reporting bias …

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Mandatory volunteer work as fair reciprocity for unemployment and social benefits?

Veldboer, Lex; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015

Modern welfare policies are increasingly based on notions of reciprocity. Citizens on welfare benefits have to do something in return, e.g. volunteer work. Notwithstanding general public support, social philosophers have been critical on 'mandatory' activities in community programmes. So far,...

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The value of social security : are formal jobs better?

Madrigal, Lucia; Pagés, Carmen; Suaya, Agustina - 2016

As the population ages, low and unequal social security coverage are among the most pressing challenges in the Latin American region. On average, only 45% of workers contribute to social security, and this figure is much lower for low-income and low-skilled individuals. There are many hypotheses...

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Improving well-being in the United States

Caldera Sánchez, Aida; Lenain, Patrick; Fleche, Sarah - 2014

Life is quite good in the United States compared to other OECD countries, thanks to strong economic growth and technological progress having lifted average income to high levels. Nonetheless, there is evidence that the benefits from growth have not been sufficiently broad based. Self-reported...

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Income and employment effects of health shocks : a test case for the German welfare state

Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998

Using data from the first eleven waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel this study investigates the dynamic effects of health shocks on employment and economic wellbeing of older workers. A health shock trebles the probability of leaving the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment...

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