Discussion Papers no. 641

Transitions to disability and rehabilitation

The discrete choice model of McFadden (1973) is used to quantify the desire for going into rehabilitation or disability among fully employed married women in Norway. Predictions using the model indicate that as much as 60 percent of full-time employed married women going into disability or rehabilitation are not doing so entirely voluntarily. Using a set of identifying assumptions we decompose transitions into different components. Important findings are that decreasing unemployment has also played a significant role in increasing the number on disability and rehabilitation, while changes in disability benefits have not played a large role.

Om publikasjonen

Tittel

Transitions to disability and rehabilitation

Ansvarlige

Leif Andreassen, Tom Kornstad

Serie og -nummer

Discussion Papers no. 641

Utgiver

Statistics Norway

Emne

Discussion Papers

ISSN

1892-753X

Antall sider

36

Målform

Engelsk

Om Discussion Papers

Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.

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