spells of unemployment in the late 1970s, with then an increased importance of disability spells from the mid-1980s onwards … conditions seem to have been important driving forces during the entire period. In contrast changes in health do not seem to … share of the population reporting ill health or disability or to the number claiming benefits. We also find evidence that …

spells of unemployment in the late 1970s, with then an increased importance of disability spells from the mid-1980s onwards … conditions seem to have been important driving forces during the entire period. In contrast changes in health do not seem to … share of the population reporting ill health or disability or to the number claiming benefits. We also find evidence that …

at reducing the number of claims and targeting benefits more closely to those with the greatest health need. At the same … time the UK labour market has also evolved and in particular now has an historically low level of unemployment, accompanied … framework to explore the relative importance of health status, benefit generosity and local labour market conditions for …

in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and … unemployment. Usinglongitudinal micro data from the period between 1992 and 1999, it also studies alternative measures of …