Is recipiency of disability pension hereditary?

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This paper addresses whether children's exposure to parents receiving disability benefits induces a higher probability of receiving such benefits themselves. Most OECD countries experience an increasing proportion of the working-age population receiving permanent disability benefits. Using data from Norway, a country where around 10% of the working-age population rely on disability benefits, we find that the amount of time that children are exposed to their fathers receiving disability benefits affects their own likelihood of receiving benefits positively. This finding is robust to a range of different specifications, including family fixed effects.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 3796

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Social Security and Public Pensions ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
• Subject: disability ; intergenerational correlations ; siblings fixed effects

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bratberg, Espen ; Nilsen, Øivind Anti ; Vaage, Kjell
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57968
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET