Heilerziehungspfleger/-innen sind für Menschen in behindernden Lebenslagen, die eine Assistenz für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben benötigen, unverzichtbar. Und doch bleiben Ausbildung und Tätigkeit dieser Fachkräfte weitgehend unter dem Radar. Bundeslandspezifische Unterschiede in der...

En este informe se realiza una revisión sucinta de las respuestas al COVID-19 en la región y se analiza su alcance en relación con la protección de los derechos humanos de las personas con discapacidad. El objetivo es obtener información de utilidad para los Estados e instituciones...

Bedeutung und Stellung des Sozialrechts -- System des Sozialrechts -- Übergreifende Grundlagen der Sozialversicherung -- Zweige der Sozialversicherung -- Soziale Fürsorge und Hilfen -- Soziale Versorgung und Entschädigungen -- Soziale Förderung -- Menschen mit Behinderung.

Legal representatives play a prominent role in the Social Security Disability Insurance adjudication process, earning fees totaling $1.2 billion in 2019. Long ubiquitous in appellate hearings, disability representatives--including attorneys and non-attorneys--have begun appearing more frequently...

We provide the first evidence on the relationship between disability programs and markers of financial distress: bankruptcy, foreclosure, eviction, and home sale. Rates of these adverse financial events peak around the time of disability application and subsequently fall for both allowed and...

We provide the first evidence on the relationship between disability programs and markers of financial distress: bankruptcy, foreclosure, eviction, and home sale. Rates of these adverse financial events peak around the time of disability application and subsequently fall for both allowed and...

We provide the first evidence on the relationship between disability programs and markers of financial distress: bankruptcy, foreclosure, eviction, and home sale. Rates of these adverse financial events peak around the time of disability application and subsequently fall for both allowed and...

The economic progress of U.S. men has stagnated in recent decades, with declining labor force participation and weak growth in real earnings, particularly for less educated and non-white men. In this paper, we illuminate the broader context in which prime-age men are experiencing economic...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the data on specialist disability services available in Ireland. The paper provides a baseline utilisation profile of selected services which can be used to project future service demand and expenditure. The limitations of the currently available data in...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded the availability of public health insurance, decreasing the relative benefit of participating in disability programs but also lowering the cost of exiting the labor market to apply for disability program benefits. In this paper, we explore the impact of...

The economic progress of U.S. men has stagnated in recent decades, with declining labor force participation and weak growth in real earnings, particularly for less educated and non-white men. In this paper, we illuminate the broader context in which prime-age men are experiencing economic...

Does participation in a social assistance program by parents have spillovers on their children's own participation, future labor market attachment, and human capital investments? While intergenerational concerns have figured prominently in policy debates for decades, causal evidence is scarce...

Does participation in a social assistance program by parents have spillovers on their children's own participation, future labor market attachment, and human capital investments? While intergenerational concerns have figured prominently in policy debates for decades, causal evidence is scarce...

Using a 1993 Dutch policy reform and a regression discontinuity design, we find children of parents whose disability insurance (DI) eligibility was reduced are 11% less likely to participate in DI themselves, do not alter their use of other government programs, and earn 2% more as adults. The...

Does participation in a social assistance program by parents have spillovers on their children's own participation, future labor market attachment, and human capital investments? While intergenerational concerns have figured prominently in policy debates for decades, causal evidence is scarce...

Does participation in a social assistance program by parents have spillovers on their children's own participation, future labor market attachment, and human capital investments? While intergenerational concerns have figured prominently in policy debates for decades, causal evidence is scarce...

El presente estudio pretende aportar, de manera prospectiva, nuevos enfoques al debate y formulación de políticas de cuidados en la ciudad de Bogotá, para la atención de los grupos poblacionales con dependencia de quienes proveen los cuidados, a fin de propiciar la autonomía económica de...

There is considerable interest in understanding the broader effects of the opioid crisis on labor supply and social insurance programs in the United States. This paper examines how the recent transition of the opioid crisis from prescription opioids to more prevalent misuse of illicit opioids,...

We analyze different disability policy strategies using policy scores developed by the OECD for the period 1990 to 2007. Applying model-based and hierarchical agglomerative clustering, we investigate the existence of distinct country clusters, characterized by particular policy combinations. In...

Although industrialized nations have long provided public protection to working-age individuals with disabilities, the form has changed over time. The impetus for change has been multi-faceted: rapid growth in program costs; greater awareness that people with impairments are able and willing to...

We analyze different disability policy strategies using policy scores developed by the OECD for the period 1990 to 2007. Applying model-based and hierarchical agglomerative clustering, we investigate the existence of distinct country clusters, characterized by particular policy combinations. In...

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Darstellung der Finanzierungs- und Organisationsstruktur des deutschen Sozialstaates mit einem Schwerpunkt im Bereich der Sozialversicherung. Es stellt die Organisationsformen sozialstaatlicher Verwaltungen in Grundzügen mit zahlreichen Beispielen auf Bundes-,...

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Darstellung der Finanzierungs- und Organisationsstruktur des deutschen Sozialstaates mit einem Schwerpunkt im Bereich der Sozialversicherung. Es stellt die Organisationsformen sozialstaatlicher Verwaltungen in Grundzügen mit zahlreichen Beispielen auf Bundes-,...

Die Ausgaben für die Eingliederungshilfe für behinderte Menschen nach SGB XII variieren im regionalen Vergleich in Deutschland deutlich. In diesem Beitrag werden mit unterschiedlichen Verwaltungsstrukturen und der lokalen Wirtschaftskraft zwei mögliche Faktoren näher beleuchtet, die diese...

Although industrialized nations have long provided public protection to working-age individuals with disabilities, the form has changed over time. The impetus for change has been multi-faceted: rapid growth in program costs; greater awareness that people with impairments are able and willing to...