THE ECONOMIC-IMPLICATIONS OF DISABILITY INSURANCE IN CANADA

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: MAKI, DR
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298331
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: S148-S169
• 关键词: labor-force participation; Early retirement; HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DECISION; decline; men

摘要

The article empirically estimates the effects of disability pensions provided under the Canada/Quebec Pension Plans on the labor-force participation rates of males aged 45-64 years. Two data sets are used. One consists of pooled cross section/annual time-series data by province for the years 1975-83. The other consists of observations as of 1985 on 651 males in the specified age group. Naive estimation results from both sets of data suggest a large negative effect of pension income. In the case of the micro data, this effect becomes small and statistically nonsignificant when more sophisticated estimation methods are used.