Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior (eBook)

J.M. Aarts, P.R. de Jong (Autoren)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
404 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-9486-5 (ISBN)

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One of the more striking aspects of the Dutch Welfare State is its apparent difficulty in controlling the number of transfer recipients. A prime example of this management problem is the Disability Insurance program. This monograph presents a thorough investigation of the behavioral responses of employees and firms to this generous disability scheme. The heart of the study is the empirical part based on a rich data set of persons who apply for benefits and those who do not. The data derive both from self-reports as well as medical and vocational expert evaluations. Combining facets of health economics, medical sociology and econometric technique, the authors are able to reveal the intricate causalities that underlie the disability process.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 12
Acknowledgements 8
List of Tables, Schemes, and Figures 16
Chapter 1. Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior Introduction
1.1 Introduction 20
1.2 Social Disability Insurance 22
1.3 Efficiency and Equity Aspects of Social Disability Insurance 25
1.4 Outline of the Book 28
Chapter 2. The Dutch Disability Program in National and International Perspective 32
2.1 Introduction 32
2.2 Dutch Social Security in International Perspective 32
2.3 Outline of the Dutch Social Security System 43
2.4 The Dl-Program in National and International Perspective 52
2.5 The 1987 System Reform 65
2.6 Summary and Conclusions 67
Chapter 3. The Disability Process 72
3.1 Introduction 72
3.2 The Medical-Sociological Approach to Disability Behavior 75
3.3 The Micro-Economics of Disability Behavior 84
3.4 Summary, Discussion, and Introduction to the Following Chapters 115
Chapter 4. History, Data and Design of the Study 122
4.1 Introduction 122
4.2 Previous History 122
4.3 Sampling Procedures 125
4.4 Nonresponse 129
4.5 Limitations of the Database 133
4.6 A Preliminary Picture of the Samples 135
4.7 Design of the Study 145
Appendix to 4 148
Chapter 5. Residual Work Capacity in the Dl-Program 150
5.1 Introduction 150
5.2 Disability and Unemployment 151
5.3 The Administrative Practice of Disability Determination 154
5.4 The Determination of Work Capacity in the SB-Sample 155
5.5 Expected Future Work Capacity 159
5.6 Expected Future Work Capacity and Actual Work Resumption 163
5.7 Work Capacity at DI-Entry 165
5.S Discussion 169
5.9 Work Capacity of the Disabled after the 1987 System Reform 171
5.10 Conclusions 176
Appendix to 5 178
Chapter 6. On the Problem of Endogenous Measurement Error 186
6.1 Introduction 186
6.2 Model and Estimation Procedure 188
6.3 Empirical Specifications 191
6.4 Further Estimation Results 196
6.5 Summary and Discussion 204
Appendix to 6 205
Chapter 7. Labor Market Opportunities 208
7.1 Introduction 208
7.2 Theoretical Modelling of Individual Labor Market Histories 209
7.3 A Statistical Model of Individual Labor Market Histories 219
7.4 Data and Further Specification of the Model 222
7.5 Estimation Results 229
7.6 Unemployment and Re-employment Probabilities Dl-Insured and DI-Entrants
7.7 Conclusions 242
Chapter 8. Firm Specific Disability Incidence Rates 246
8.1 Introduction 246
8.2 The Dl-Program and the Firm 247
8.3 A Model of the Firm Specific Disability Incidence 252
8.4 Measuring the Firm Specific Disability Risk 267
8.5 Summary and Discussion 268
Appendix to 8 270
Chapter 9. Expected Earnings and DI-Benefit Streams 274
9.1 Introduction 274
9.2 Wages and Benefits A Description
9.3 The Wage Profiles 278
9.4 Expected Earnings and DI-Benefit Streams 285
9.5 Summary and Conclusions 291
Appendix to 9 293
Chapter 10. Determinants of Entering the Dl-Program Unconditional and Conditional Probability Models
10.1 Introduction 296
10.2 Unconditional Probability Models 298
10.3 The Conditional DI-Probability 309
10.4 Simulation of the 1980-85 Changes 318
10.5 Summary and Conclusions 322
Appendix to 10 326
Chapter 11. Forecasting the Size of the Disabled Population 330
11.1 Introduction 330
11.2 The Calculation Model 332
11.3 Definitions and Input Data 339
11.4 DIS-Population Forecasts 345
11.5 Summary and Conclusions 355
Appendix to 11 358
Chapter 12. Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior Summary and Conclusions
12.1 Introduction 362
12.2 Summary of the Main Findings by Chapter 363
12.3 Some Policy Implications 373
References 376
Author Index 388
Subject Index 390

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.1.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Steuern / Steuerrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Themenwelt: Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Versicherungsbetriebslehre
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-9486-2 / 1483294862
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-9486-5 / 9781483294865