Asset Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pian Shu
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Asset Accumulation

scholarly journals Return-to-Work Policies and Labor Supply in Disability Insurance Programs

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 272-276
Author(s):  
Arezou Zaresani
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Sharp Discontinuity

Return-to-work policies in disability insurance (DI) programs allow beneficiaries to collect a portion of their benefits while working. I investigate whether a large increase in incentives to work in a return-to-work policy could induce benefit recipients to increase their labor supply. I quantify the effects on earnings and labor force participation using a sharp discontinuity in the induced incentives to work at the month of the policy change in a DI program in Canada. Using administrative data, I document that large incentives to work could induce beneficiaries to increase their labor supply both in intensive and extensive margins.

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