Take-up and labor supply responses to disability insurance earnings limits

Judit Krekó, Daniel Prinz () and Andrea Weber

Labour Economics, 2024, vol. 89, issue C

Abstract: In most disability insurance programs beneficiaries lose some or all of their benefits if they earn above an earnings threshold. While intended to screen out applicants with high remaining working capacity, earnings limits can also distort the labor supply of beneficiaries. We use a reduction in the earnings limit in Hungary to evaluate this trade-off and examine screening and labor supply responses. We find that the policy changed selection into the program modestly but reduced labor supply on the intensive margin significantly. These findings suggest that the earnings threshold should be higher.

Keywords: Disability insurance; Labor supply; Policy analysis; Earnings limit; Disability benefit; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102583

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