Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/65969 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2011-22
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
The Work Capability Assessment governs entitlement to the Employment and Support Allowance - the social security benefit for people who are incapable of work. It is based on rules which decide entitlement according to the combination of impairments experienced by the claimant. This paper discusses the relative merits of formal regulations and discretionary judgements in the assessment of incapacity, and considers the possible introduction of a discretionary (real world) test to complement the current rigid scoring system. The paper concludes with suggestions for further research which would shed light on the processes by which claimants are judged incapable of work.
Subjects: 
disability
incapacity
social security
adjudication
JEL: 
I38
J14
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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