Discussion Papers no. 803

Earnings, disposable income, and consumption of allowed and rejected disability insurance applicants

Two key questions in thinking about the size and growth of the disability insurance program are to what extent it discourages work, and how valuable the insurance is to individuals and families.

Two key questions in thinking about the size and growth of the disability insurance program are to what extent it discourages work, and how valuable the insurance is to individuals and families. These questions motivate our paper. We begin by describing the earnings, disposable income and consumption of awarded and rejected DI applicants, before and after the disability onset and the allowance decision. Next, we discuss how these descriptive results can be interpreted through the lens of alternative empirical approaches. Our analysis uses a Norwegian population panel data set with detailed information about every individual and household.

About the publication

Title

Earnings, disposable income, and consumption of allowed and rejected disability insurance applicants

Authors

Andreas Ravndal Kostøl, Magne Mogstad

Series and number

Discussion Papers no. 803

Publisher

Statistics Norway

Topic

Discussion Papers

ISSN

1892-753X

Number of pages

19

Language

English

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Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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