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Screening Disability Insurance Applications

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Philip de Jong () (Wilms & Goudriaan Public Economics BV, and Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Maarten Lindeboom () (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, IZA, HEB, and Netspar)
Bas van der Klaauw () (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, SCHOLAR, IFAU, IZA, and CEPR)

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This paper investigates the effects of intensified screening of disability insurance benefit applications. A large-scale experiment was setup where in 2 of the 26 Dutch regions case workers of the disability insurance administration were instructed to screen applications more intense. The empirical results show that intense screening reduces long-term sickness absenteeism and disability insurance applications. This provides evidence both for direct effects of the more intensive screening on work resumption during sickness absenteeism and for self-screening by potential disability insurance applicants. We do not find any spillover effects to the inflow into unemployment insurance. A cost-benefit analysis shows that the costs of the intensified screening are only a small fraction of its benefits.

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Keywords: disability insurance sickness absenteeism policy evaluation self-screening experiment

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J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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