This study looks at whether the residual benefits retained by former Disability Support Pension (DSP) recipients induce them to return to income support before the benefits expire. DSP recipients who leave the payment to work retain access to pensioner concession cards, including bulk-billing...

The number of disability exits has been increasing in recent years, raising questions both about the well being of affected individuals, and about how to finance the related disability pensions. Using a longitudinal database owned by the Swedish National Social Insurance Board, this study...

This paper develops a general equilibrium life-cycle model with endogenous retirement and disability risk, in order to quantify the impact of recent pension reforms in Germany. At certain ages households may either apply for disability pensions (DP) or old-age pensions (OAP), de-pending on...