Employment effects of job counseling for disability insurance recipients

Barbara Broadway () and Sonja C. Kassenboehmer
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Barbara Broadway: Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, The University of Melbourne, https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/353961-barbara-broadway
Sonja C. Kassenboehmer: Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), RWI Research Network
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Sonja Cornelia de New

Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series from Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne

Abstract: Many countries implement policies to promote labor market inclusion of disability support recipients. It is unclear whether such measures work. We exploit a quasi-experimental setting in Australia where compulsory job counseling was introduced in 2012 affecting only those social security disability insurance (DI) recipients below age 35. Using longitudinal administrative data on all DI recipients and applying a difference-in difference estimator, we find that the policy was largely ineffective and neither improved employment nor earnings.

Keywords: disability insurance; welfare reform; job counseling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I38 J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49pp
Date: 2019-12
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