Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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970252 | Journal of Public Economics | 2008 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
We study the effect of a reform of the Swedish disability insurance (DI) program whereby the special eligibility rules for workers in the age group 60 to 64 were abolished. First, we use a differences-in-differences approach to study changes in the disability take-up as compared to the age group 55 to 59. Then, we use a similar approach to study to what extent the employment effect of the reform is “crowded out” by an increase in the utilization of the sickpay insurance (SI) and/or the unemployment insurance (UI). In an extended analysis, we study the effect of firm closure on employment and the utilization of different labor market insurance programs in different age groups before and after the reform.
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Authors
Anders Karlström, MÃ¥rten Palme, Ingemar Svensson,