This paper exploits rarely-used longitudinal data to examine the impacts of disability onset on benefit receipt in … combines propensity score matching with difference-in-differences estimation. Disability onset increases receipt of disability … insurance, a wider measure of sickness and disability benefits, and receipt of non-sickness benefits by six, eight and six …

-being caused by own and spousal disability using panel-regressions. I find that women and to a lesser extent men are harmed by … spousal disability which is consistent with the existence of other-regarding preferences within couples. The magnitude of … effects suggests that spousal disability is about one quarter to one half as harmful as individual disability with larger …

The employment of people with disabilities has received significant attention, but little is known about how unions … affect their employment experiences. To address this, we analyze monthly U.S. Current Population Survey (CPS) data from 2009 …. Exploratory data reveal that both union coverage and disability status increase the likelihood of requesting accommodations …

Could the industrialization reduce social inequalities? We use the rise of office employment in the early 20th century … new office technology. The beneficial employment effect is not distributed equally across gender but is restricted to …

was implemented in 1998 and targeted towards improving the employment prospects of the long-term disabled with partial …

targeted disability policies and to implement programmes in order to mitigate those barriers. Some areas needing additional …

educational progress across two measures of disability. We find that disabled children have poorer cognitive skills at age 3, and …

This paper is an empirical study on the work opportunities of people with disability using Italian data collected … and investigates the role of conversion factors in the ability to be employed and the type of employment. We first use a … employment status. In all variants we find that chronic illness is a stronger deterrent for labour force participation than …

identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most …