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The Growth of Disability Insurance in Belgium: Economic determinants and Policy Implications

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  • Octave De Brouwer

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In the three chapters of this PhD dissertation, I analyze the increase in the Belgian DI recipiency rate and the role of social security reforms in this phenomenon. The first chapter provides a general overview of the Belgian DI program, analyzes different possible explanations for its rapid growth between 2005 and 2015 and discusses different policy options to address this phenomenon. The second chapter studies the effects of monitoring the job-search activities exerted by the long-term unemployed population on their exit rate to employment, DI and other social safety net programs. The third chapter studies the effect of increasing the eligibility age for an old-age unemployment program, called Unemployment with Company Supplement (UCS), on workers’ employment rate and participation rate in DI or other social security programs.

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  • Octave De Brouwer, 2023. "The Growth of Disability Insurance in Belgium: Economic determinants and Policy Implications," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/359863, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/359863
    Note: Degree: Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion
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    1. Fernández Guerrico, Sofía & Tojerow, Ilan, 2025. "The Effect of Broadband Internet on Mental Health-Related Disability Insurance Claims," IZA Discussion Papers 18130, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Giulia Klinges & Alain Jousten & Mathieu Lefebvre, 2025. "Social Security and Inequality in Belgium," NBER Chapters, in: Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Effects of Pension Reforms on the Income Distribution of Retirees, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Sébastien Fontenay & Ilan Tojerow, 2025. "Sickness absences among young mothers and the child penalty in employment," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 625-660, June.

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