. -- Disability ; displacement ; social insurance ; employment opportunities …Economies with low unemployment often have high disability rates. In Norway, the permanent disability insurance rolls … and closure data collected from bankruptcy proceedings, we show that a large fraction of Norwegian disability insurance …

Economies with low unemployment often have high disability rates. In Norway, the permanent disability insurance rolls … and closure data collected from bankruptcy proceedings, we show that a large fraction of Norwegian disability insurance … claims can be directly attributed to job displacement and other adverse shocks to employment opportunities. For men, we …

bankruptcy proceedings, we show that a large fraction of Norwegian disability insurance claims can be directly attributed to job … displacement and other adverse shocks to employment opportunities. For men, we estimate that job loss more than doubles the risk of … permanent disability retirement and accounts for one quarter of new disability insurance claims. Firm profitability and …

We investigate the impact of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization in Norway. Plant downsizing … substantially increases the disability entry rate of workers in affected plants. Workers originally employed in plants that closed … between 1993 and 1998 were 27.9 percent more likely to utilize disability pensions in 1999 than comparable workers in non …

We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation among older workers in … Norway. Specifically, we investigate how a worker's propensity to draw disability benefits is affected by a plausibly … exogenous shock to the disability entry rate of similarly-aged workers in his or her neighborhood. The problem of omitted …

We investigate the impact of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization in Norway. Plant downsizing … substantially increases the disability entry rate of workers in affected plants. Workers originally employed in plants that closed … between 1993 and 1998 were 27.9 percent more likely to utilize disability pensions in 1999 than comparable workers in non …

We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation among older workers in … Norway. Specifically, we investigate how a worker’s propensity to draw disability benefits is affected by a plausibly … exogenous shock to the disability entry rate of similarly-aged workers in his or her neighborhood. The problem of omitted …

We estimate the magnitude of social interaction effects in disability pension participation amongolder workers in … instrument for the disability entry rate among one’spreviously employed neighbors... …