New evidence on disability benefit claims in the UK: The role of health and local labour market
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- Roberts, Jennifer & Taylor, Karl, 2019. "New Evidence on Disability Benefit Claims in the UK: The Role of Health and the Local Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 12825, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Adaptation; health; disability; employment support allowance; local labour markets;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2020-01-13 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HEA-2020-01-13 (Health Economics)
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