Earnings, disposable income, and consumption of allowed and rejected disability insurance applicants

Arbeitspapier

Two key questions in thinking about the size and growth of the disability insurance program are to what extent it discourages work, and how valuable the insurance is to individuals and families. These questions motivate our paper. We begin by describing the earnings, disposable income and consumption of awarded and rejected DI applicants, before and after the disability onset and the allowance decision. Next, we discuss how these descriptive results can be interpreted through the lens of alternative empirical approaches. Our analysis uses a Norwegian population panel data set with detailed information about every individual and household.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 803

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion ; National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
• Subject: disability insurance ; labor supply ; benefit substitution ; disposable income

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal ; Mogstad, Magne
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Statistics Norway, Research Department
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/192785
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET