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

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9186

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health: General ; Health Insurance, Public and Private ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination ; Demographic Economics: Public Policy
• Subject: disability ; disability insurance ; cross-country comparison ; Germany

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Burkhauser, Richard V. ; Daly, Mary C. ; Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/114053
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET