disability benefits, and a locally-administered means-tested system of social care. Evidence on how the combination of the two … systems targets those in most need is lacking. We estimate a latent factor structural equation model of disability and receipt … of one or both forms of support. The model integrates the measurement of disability and its influence on receipt of state …

Disability Insurance waiting time varies from a few months to several years. We estimate the causal effect of longer … waiting times. Moreover, while spousal employment is not responsive to longer wait times, spousal employment leads to longer …

Over the last 25 years, the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (DI) has grown dramatically. During the same … period, employment rates for men with work limitations showed substantial declines in both absolute and relative terms. While … the timing of these trends suggests that the expansion of DI was a major contributor to employment decline among this …

severe impairments can work, led to fundamental disability policy reforms in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Great Britain. In … Australia, rapid growth in disability recipiency led to more modest reforms. Here we describe the factors driving unsustainable … OECD countries, and discuss the reforms each country implemented to regain control over their cash transfer disability …

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 …