Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the U.S.

Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

NBER Working Paper No. 15245
Issued in August 2009

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This research was supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging to RAND and the Social Security Administration through MRRC. It uses data from SHARE Wave 1, primarily funded by the European Commission through its 5th and 6th framework programmes (project numbers QLK6-CT-2001- 00360; RII-CT- 2006-062193; CIT5-CT-2005-028857) and of HRS, funded by NIA. We are grateful to Angus Deaton for useful comments on an earlier version. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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