Measuring the (income) effect of disability insurance generosity on labour market participation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 198-210

  Marie, Olivier ^a,b   Vall Castello, Judit ^c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disability insurance; Income effect; Labour market participation; Regression discontinuity

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255184533     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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