Disability Insurance Denial Rates and the Labor Force Participation of Older Men and Women in Canada

Michele Campolieti () and James Goldenberg

Atlantic Economic Journal, 2007, vol. 35, issue 1, pages 59-75

Abstract: We examine the effect of denial rates from the Canada/Quebec Pension Plan (C/QPP) disability program on the labor force participation of older men and women in Canada. Our study uses data from a period in which there was a change in CPP disability adjudication requirements, which also varied by province, but no change in the QPP disability program requirements. This created variation in the CPP disability program’s denial rates. The estimates from our preferred specifications indicate that denial rates do not have the expected statistically significant negative effect on the participation decisions of older men or women. These findings may be the result of a change in the applicant pool for disability benefits. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2007

Keywords: disability insurance; denial rates; older men and women; labor force participation; H55; I12; J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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