This paper studies the design of retirement and disability policies. It illustrates the often observed exit from the … labour force of healthy workers through disability insurance schemes. Two types of individuals, disabled and leisure …

This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …

the same type of agents might be weak even if the within-type link cost is very low; (ii) oppositional identity patterns …

We first develop a model of identity formation resulting from the interaction of cultural transmission and … socialization inside the family, peer effects and social interactions, and identity choice. We then put the model to data using the … UK Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities. We show that the main determinants of ethnic identity include past racial …

We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct … cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by neighborhood integration, which weakens group loyalties and prejudices. On … identity processes. We find evidence consistent with intense ethnic and religious identity mostly formed as a cultural …

, attitudes and preferences. Using surveys of individual values in 76 countries, we find that ethnic identity is a significant … commonly held view, ethnic and cultural diversity are unrelated. We explore the correlates of cultural diversity and of the … diversity and negatively associated with the overlap between culture and ethnicity. Finally, although only a small portion of a …

levels of trust, a stronger sense of ethnic identity and a weaker sense of national identity. …