Protecting Working-Age People with Disabilities: Experiences of Four Industrialized Nations

Richard Burkhauser, Mary C. Daly () and Nicolas Ziebarth ()
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Mary C. Daly: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

No 9186, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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 work; and increased recognition that protecting the economic security of people with disabilities might best be done by keeping them in the labor market. Here we describe the evolution of disability programs in four countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. We show how growth in the receipt of publically provided disability benefits has fluctuated over time and discuss how policy choices played a role. Based on our descriptive comparative analysis we summarize shared experiences that potentially benefit policymakers in all countries.

Keywords: cross-country comparison; disability insurance; disability; Germany; US (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I13 J14 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2015-07
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Published - published in: Journal of Labour Market Research , 2016, 49 (4), 367-386

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