Research Memorandum 120
Arbeidsongeschikt of werkloos? Een verdeelmodel voor de inactiviteit.
ISBN: 90-563-5015-3
(only in Dutch)
Ed Westerhout (tel: +31-70-3383476)
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This research memorandum develops a model for a medical examiner that
allocates disabled and unemployed people over disability schemes (WAO/AAW/ZW)
and unemployment schemes (WW/WWV/RWW). Empirical estimates indicate that
about half of the participation in disability schemes can be characterized as
hidden unemployment. Furthermore, they show that a lowering of disability
benefit levels with one percent, holding constant the level of unemployment
benefits, will shift about 30,000 labour years in the long run from
disability schemes to unemployment schemes.
