Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World

Disability Insurance Programs and Retirement

Reeks: National Bureau Economic Research

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  • Even
  • as
  • life
  • expectancy
  • in
  • many
  • countries
  • has
  • continued
  • to
  • increase,
  • social
  • security
  • and
  • similar
  • government
  • programs
  • can
  • provide
  • strong
  • incentives
  • for
  • workers
  • to
  • leave
  • the
  • labor
  • force
  • when
  • they
  • reach
  • the
  • age
  • of
  • eligibility
  • for
  • benefits.
  • Disability
  • insurance
  • programs
  • can
  • also
  • play
  • a
  • significant
  • role
  • in
  • the
  • departure
  • of
  • older
  • workers
  • from
  • the
  • labor
  • force,
  • with
  • many
  • individuals
  • in
  • some
  • countries
  • relying
  • on
  • disability
  • insurance
  • until
  • they
  • are
  • able
  • to
  • enter
  • into
  • full
  • retirement.The
  • sixth
  • stage
  • of
  • an
  • ongoing
  • research
  • project
  • studying
  • the
  • relationship
  • between
  • social
  • security
  • programs
  • and
  • labor
  • force
  • participation,
  • this
  • volume
  • draws
  • on
  • the
  • work
  • of
  • an
  • eminent
  • group
  • of
  • international
  • economists
  • to
  • consider
  • the
  • extent
  • to
  • which
  • differences
  • in
  • labor
  • force
  • participation
  • across
  • countries
  • are
  • determined
  • by
  • the
  • provisions
  • of
  • disability
  • insurance
  • programs.
  • Presented
  • in
  • an
  • easily
  • comparable
  • way,
  • their
  • research
  • covers
  • twelve
  • countries,
  • including
  • Canada,
  • Japan,
  • and
  • the
  • United
  • States,
  • and
  • considers
  • the
  • requirements
  • of
  • disability
  • insurance
  • programs,
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • other
  • pathways
  • to retirement.
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