Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant rise in the number of people getting health-related benefits …. In England and Wales, 4 million 16- to 64-year-olds (1 in 10) now claim either disability or incapacity benefits, up from …

claims for disability and incapacity benefits by adults of working age. Although the nature of our analysis means that we … a major factor behind the large increase in the number of working-age adults claiming health-related benefits. …

Individuals in the UK with health conditions may be entitled to two types of benefits - incapacity benefits (for those … whose condition prevents them from working) and disability benefits (to help with extra living costs arising from the … 'health-related' benefits - and official projections suggest that claimant numbers will rise further still. Whoever wins the …

Female workers in China have a de jure right to maternity benefits, as enshrined in policy and legal documents since … marketization, undermined the effectiveness of an institution, namely the individual right to maternity benefits. We trace the … historical evolution of maternity benefits and examine their outcomes in terms of coverage and benefit levels. We find that the …

This paper examines how access to informal insurance shapes family responses to reductions in social welfare benefits …, significantly reducing unconditional cash benefits for large families. Using a sharp date-of-birth cutoff introduced by the reform …, we show that Jewish families substituted for the loss in government benefits by enrolling their school-aged children in …

Take-up of social benefits is a central issue in poverty alleviation and fiscal evaluations of policy reforms. However … benefits”, which all Swedish parents are entitled to. There are no financial reasons to leave money on the table, but take …-up is nevertheless imperfect. Higher benefits substantially increase claiming across the income distribution. We further …