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SUBMITTER: Borsch-Supan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584547 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Börsch-Supan Axel A Bucher-Koenen Tabea T Hanemann Felizia F
Demography 20201001 5
This study explores the interrelated roles of health and welfare state policies in the decision to take up disability insurance (DI) benefits due to work disability (WD), defined as the (partial) inability to engage in gainful employment as a result of physical or mental illness. We exploit the large international variation of health, self-reported WD, and the uptake of DI benefits in the United States and Europe using a harmonized data set with life history information assembled from SHARE, ELS ...[more]