Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior

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One of the more striking aspects of the Dutch Welfare State is its apparent difficulty in controlling the number of transfer recipients. A prime example of this management problem is the Disability Insurance program. This monograph presents a thorough investigation of the behavioral responses of employees and firms to this generous disability scheme. The heart of the study is the empirical part based on a rich data set of persons who apply for benefits and those who do not. The data derive both from self-reports as well as medical and vocational expert evaluations. Combining facets of health economics, medical sociology and econometric technique, the authors are able to reveal the intricate causalities that underlie the disability process. Content: Contributions to Economic AnalysisPage ii Front MatterPage iii Copyright pagePage iv Introduction to the SeriesPage vThe Editors AcknowledgementsPages vii-ixLeo Aarts, Philip de Jong List of Tables, Schemes (S), and Figures (F)Pages xv-xviii Chapter 1 - Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior; IntroductionPages 1-12 Chapter 2 - The Dutch Disability Program in National and International PerspectivePages 13-52 Chapter 3 - The Disability ProcessPages 53-102 Chapter 4 - History, Data and Design of the StudyPages 103-130 Chapter 5 - Residual Work Capacity in the Di-ProgramPages 131-166 Chapter 6 - On the Problem of Endogenous Measurement ErrorPages 167-187 Chapter 7 - Labor Market OpportunitiesPages 189-226 Chapter 8 - Firm Specific Disability Incidence RatesPages 227-253 Chapter 9 - Expected Earnings and Di-Benefit StreamsPages 255-276 Chapter 10 - Determinants of Entering the Di-Program: Unconditional and Conditional Probability ModelsPages 277-310 Chapter 11 - Forecasting the Size of the Disabled PopulationPages 311-341 Chapter 12 - Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior; Summary and ConclusionsPages 343-356 ReferencesPages 357-367 Author IndexPages 369-370 Subject IndexPages 371-376