Has the boom in incapacity benefit claimant numbers passed its peak?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-434

  Anyadike Danes, Michael ^a   McVicar, Duncan ^b  

^a Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland (ERINI)   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incapacity benefit; Stock flow model; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349111525     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2008.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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