Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278933 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16235
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We estimate the returns to more targeted disability insurance (DI) programs in terms of labor force participation, program spillovers, and worker health. To do so, we analyze workers after a workplace injury that experience differential levels of application screening. We find that when workers face stricter screening requirements, they are less likely to receive DI benefits and are more likely to remain in the labor force. We observe no differences in any physical or mental health outcomes. Our findings imply that imposing stricter DI screening has large fiscal benefits but does not yield any detectable health costs, on the margin.
Subjects: 
disability insurance
retirement
health
JEL: 
I38
I18
J18
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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