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How do people with disabilities cope while waiting for disability insurance benefits?
Coe, Norma B.; Lindner, Stephan; Wong, Kendrew; Wu, April - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-27
Disability Insurance waiting time varies from a few months to several years. We estimate the causal effect of longer …
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Finding alternatives to disability benefit receipt
Livermore, Gina; Wittenburg, David; Neumark, David - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-9
This introduction offers a context for the articles in this thematic series by providing an overview of the programs that provide cash and in-kind supports to people with disabilities in the United States, summarizes the increasing reliance on these programs, and describes the challenges...
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Balancing inclusiveness, work incentives and sustainability in Denmark
Klein, Caroline; Hansen, Louise Aggerstrøm - 2016
The generous Danish welfare state relies on a high degree of labour force participation both for financing and in order to ensure social cohesion. This underlines the need for getting work incentives right and improve the employability of vulnerable groups of workers, in particular migrants....
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The labor market effects of disability benefit loss
Bíró, Anikó; Hornok, Cecília; Krekó, Judit; Prinz, … - 2023
Disability benefits are costly and tend to reduce labor supply. While costs can be reduced by careful targeting … reassessment, we estimate employment responses to loss or reduction of benefits. We find that among those who left disability …. The consequences of leaving disability insurance sharply differed by pre-reform employment status. 62% of those without …
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Why do temporary workers have higher disability insurance risks than permanent workers?
Koning, Pierre; Muller, Paul; Prudon, Roger - 2022
differences in health translate into a substantially higher (30%) risk of applying for disability insurance (DI) in the …
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Why do temporary workers have higher disability insurance risks than permanent workers?
Koning, Pierre; Muller, Paul; Prudon, Roger - 2022
differences in health translate into a substantially higher (30%) risk of applying for disability insurance (DI) in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164995
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Disability benefit growth and disability reform in the US : lessons from other OECD nations
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Daly, Mary C.; McVicar, Duncan; … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-30
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 …
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The effect of vocational rehabilitation on the employment outcomes of disability insurance beneficiaries : new evidence from Canada
Campolieti, Michele; Gunderson, Morley K. L.; Smith, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-29
We estimate the effects of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program run by the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program …
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Econometric evaluation of a placement coaching program for recipients of disability insurance benefits in Switzerland
Hagen, Tobias - 2016 - This version: March 24, 2016
reemployment of persons drawing disability insurance (DI) benefits. A private company was commissioned to implement the program …
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Effects of work requirements for food assistance eligibility on disability claiming
Stith, Sarah S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-31
Between 2010 and 2017, 42 U.S. states added work requirements as a food assistance eligibility criterion for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs). Another U.S. public assistance program, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), provides food assistance without a work requirement, along with...
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