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International Comparisons of Work Disability

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dc.creator Banks, James
dc.creator Kapteyn, Arie
dc.creator Smith, James P.
dc.creator van Soest, Arthur
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:10Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:10Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20353
dc.identifier ppn:385395639
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20353
dc.description Self-reported work disability is analyzed in the US, the UK and the Netherlands. Different wordings of the questions lead to different work disability rates. But even if identical questions are asked, cross-country differences remain substantial. Respondent evaluations of work limitations of hypothetical persons described in vignettes are used to identify the extent to which differences in self-reports between countries or socio-economic groups are due to systematic variation in the response scales. Results suggest that more than half of the difference between the rates of self-reported work disability in the US and the Netherlands can be explained by response scale differences. A similar methodology is used to analyze the reporting bias that arises if respondents justify being on disability benefits by overstating their work limiting disabilities.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1118
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject C81
dc.subject I12
dc.subject J28
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject work limiting disability
dc.subject vignettes
dc.subject reporting bias
dc.subject justification bias
dc.subject Behinderte Arbeitskräfte
dc.subject Statistische Methode
dc.subject Bias
dc.subject Behindertenpolitik
dc.subject Vereinigte Staaten
dc.subject Grossbritannien
dc.subject Niederlande
dc.title International Comparisons of Work Disability
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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