Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314387 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Report
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant rise in the number of people getting health-related benefits. In England and Wales, 4 million 16- to 64-year-olds (1 in 10) now claim either disability or incapacity benefits, up from 2.8 million in 2019 (1 in 13). One potential contributor to these trends is worsening health. In this report, we consider what we can learn from various sources about what has happened to working-age health since the pandemic, taking into account the difficulties surveys have had over the past few years.
Subjects: 
Health and social care
Taxes and benefits
Benefits
Disability
Health
Working age benefits
Measurement
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-1-80103-218-6
Document Type: 
Research Report

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