Incapacity Benefits Versus Benefit Transfers

CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 1471

Posted: 19 Mar 1997

See all articles by J. Michael Orszag

J. Michael Orszag

Willis Towers Watson - Reigate (Surrey Office); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Dennis J. Snower

University of Kiel - Institute for World Economics (IfW); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Date Written: September 1996

Abstract

The paper explores the employment implications of allowing people the opportunity of using a portion of their incapacity benefits to provide employment vouchers for employers that hire them. The analysis indicates that introducing this policy could increase employment, raise the incomes of incapacity benefit recipients, and reduce employers' labor costs.

JEL Classification: J23, J24, J31, J32, J64

Suggested Citation

Orszag, J. Michael and Snower, Dennis J., Incapacity Benefits Versus Benefit Transfers (September 1996). CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 1471, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3813

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