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edocfu_9958132122702883
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1 online resource (395 p.)
ISBN:
1-4832-9486-2
Serie:
Contributions to Economic Analysis ; 207
Inhalt:
One of the more striking aspects of the Dutch Welfare State is its apparent difficulty in controlling the number of transfer recipients. A prime example of this management problem is the Disability Insurance program. This monograph presents a thorough investigation of the behavioral responses of employees and firms to this generous disability scheme. The heart of the study is the empirical part based on a rich data set of persons who apply for benefits and those who do not. The data derive both from self-reports as well as medical and vocational expert evaluations. Combining facets of health e
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Front Cover; Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Schemes, and Figures; Chapter 1. Economic Aspects of Disability Behavior; Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Social Disability Insurance; 1.3 Efficiency and Equity Aspects of Social Disability Insurance; 1.4 Outline of the Book; Chapter 2. The Dutch Disability Program in National and International Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Dutch Social Security in International Perspective; 2.3 Outline of the Dutch Social Security System
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2.4 The Dl-Program in National and International Perspective2.5 The 1987 System Reform; 2.6 Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 3. The Disability Process; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Medical-Sociological Approach to Disability Behavior; 3.3 The Micro-Economics of Disability Behavior; 3.4 Summary, Discussion, and Introduction to the Following Chapters; Chapter 4. History, Data and Design of the Study; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Previous History; 4.3 Sampling Procedures; 4.4 Nonresponse; 4.5 Limitations of the Database; 4.6 A Preliminary Picture of the Samples; 4.7 Design of the Study; Appendix to 4
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Chapter 5. Residual Work Capacity in the Dl-Program5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Disability and Unemployment; 5.3 The Administrative Practice of Disability Determination; 5.4 The Determination of Work Capacity in the SB-Sample; 5.5 Expected Future Work Capacity; 5.6 Expected Future Work Capacity and Actual Work Resumption; 5.7 Work Capacity at DI-Entry; 5.S Discussion; 5.9 Work Capacity of the Disabled after the 1987 System Reform; 5.10 Conclusions; Appendix to 5; Chapter 6. On the Problem of Endogenous Measurement Error; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Model and Estimation Procedure
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6.3 Empirical Specifications6.4 Further Estimation Results; 6.5 Summary and Discussion; Appendix to 6; Chapter 7. Labor Market Opportunities; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Theoretical Modelling of Individual Labor Market Histories; 7.3 A Statistical Model of Individual Labor Market Histories; 7.4 Data and Further Specification of the Model; 7.5 Estimation Results; 7.6 Unemployment and Re-employment Probabilities; Dl-Insured and DI-Entrants; 7.7 Conclusions; Chapter 8. Firm Specific Disability Incidence Rates; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Dl-Program and the Firm
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8.3 A Model of the Firm Specific Disability Incidence8.4 Measuring the Firm Specific Disability Risk; 8.5 Summary and Discussion; Appendix to 8; Chapter 9. Expected Earnings and DI-Benefit Streams; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Wages and Benefits; A Description; 9.3 The Wage Profiles; 9.4 Expected Earnings and DI-Benefit Streams; 9.5 Summary and Conclusions; Appendix to 9; Chapter 10. Determinants of Entering the Dl-Program; Unconditional and Conditional Probability Models; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Unconditional Probability Models; 10.3 The Conditional DI-Probability
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10.4 Simulation of the 1980-85 Changes
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English
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ISBN 1-322-47191-6
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ISBN 0-444-89462-4
Sprache:
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