Disability policy and the labor market: Evidence from a natural experiment in Canada, 1998-2006

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 306-316

  Campolieti, Michele ^a   Riddell, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic reinstatement; Disability insurance; Earnings disregard; Employment; Entering disability rolls; Exiting disability rolls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455162591     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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