Using a 1993 Dutch policy reform and regression discontinuity design, we find children of parents whose disability insurance (DI) eligibility was reduced are 11 percent less likely to participate in DI themselves, do not alter their use other government programs, earn 2 more as adults. The transfers increased taxes account for 40 the fiscal savings relative present discounted value terms. Moreo...

1 Nurse, M.Sc. Professor, Universidad de Antioquia -UdeA. Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia. email: [email protected] 2 Nurse, Ph.D. Professor, Universidad de Antioquia -UdeA. Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín, Colombia. email: [email protected] 3 Nurse, Ph.D. Professor; McGill University, Canadá. email:[email protected] Article linked to the research: Preparación para el...

We investigate the dynamic general equilibrium effects of introducing a social assistance program to elderly informal sector workers in developing countries. We find that the extension of such “retirement benefits” in environments with lacking private sector risksharing mechanisms results in welfare increases and relatively minor efficiency losses. Our results suggest that welfare gains attribu...

Affiliations: Laboratorio de Medicina Regenerativa, Hospital Carlos Haya-IBIMA (Pabellón 7 de Gobierno), Avda. Carlos Haya 82, 29010, Málaga, Spain. Centro de Investigación 8 Biomédica en Red Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud 9 Carlos III, Calle Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029, Madrid, Spain. Departamento de Biología 10 Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Universidad...

The consequences of introducing or tightening time limits on receiving high unemployment benefits are studied in a shirking model. Stricter time limits have an ambiguous impact on the net wage, and changes of utility levels of employed workers and recipients of high unemployment benefits have the same sign as the variation in the net wage. The utility differential between the two groups of unem...

This paper examines the role of work as an incentive device in income maintenance programs in different informational environments. To that end, we make both the income generating ability and the disutility of labor of individuals unobservable, and compare the resulting benefit schedules with those of programs found in the United States since Welfare Reform (1996). We find that work requirement...