Do disability benefits hinder work resumption after recovery?
利用荷兰行政数据，研究残疾津贴对康复后工作恢复的抑制作用，发现津贴显著降低了工作恢复率，约一半的恢复效应被津贴抵消。
While a large share of Disability Insurance recipients in OECD countries are expected to recover, outflow rates from temporary disability schemes are typically negligible. We estimate the disincentive effects of disability benefits on the response to a (mental) health improvement using administrative data on all Dutch disability benefit applicants. We compare those below the DI eligibility threshold with those above and find that disincentives significantly reduce work resumption after health improves. Approximately half of the response to recovery is offset by benefits. Estimates from a structural labor supply model suggest that disincentives are substantially larger when the worker's earnings capacity is fully restored.