Disability pension program and labor force participation in Japan
Subtitle: a historical perspective
By: Takashi Oshio, Satoshi Shimizutani
Contributors: Shimizutanib Satoshi; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 17052; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 17052.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Description: "The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this.  You can sign up to receive the NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email.  This paper utilizes historical information to explore the relationship between labor force participation of middle aged and old people and the disability program in Japan.  In particular, we explore the time series dimension to identify what has determined the trend in disability program participation over time and relate it with the labor supply.  We find that mortality and health measures have been largely unrelated to the disability program participation rates.  While major revisions to the disability program have slightly expanded the eligibility for DI programs, the program participation is still very low; thus, the effect on labor force participation is very limited in Japan, which is in contrast with some European countries that have high take up rates, inducing early retirement"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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