TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jousten,Alain
AU  - Lefebvre,Mathieu
AU  - Perelman,Sergio
TI  - Disability in Belgium: There is More than Meets the Eye
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 17114
PY  - 2011
Y2  - June 2011
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w17114
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w17114.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Alain Jousten
HEC Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège
7 Boulevard du Rectorat
Bât. B31 Boîte 41
4000 Liege 1
BELGIUM
Tel: +32 4 366  3198
E-Mail: ajousten@ulg.ac.be

Mathieu Lefebvre
CREPP - Universite de Liege
Bvd du Rectorat 7 (B31) - B4000 Liège
Tel: ++32 4 366 31 03
Fax: ++32 4 366 31 06
E-Mail: mathieu.lefebvre@ulg.ac.be

Sergio Perelman
CREPP - HEC Management School
Universite de Liege
Bd. du Rectorat 7 (B31)
4000 Liege
BELGIUM
E-Mail: sergio.perelman@ulg.ac.be
M3  - presented at "International Social Security Conference", May 2, 2011
AB  - The paper provides a perspective on the development of the Belgian disability insurance system. Using both survey and administrative data, it sketches a picture of the (changing) factors leading towards disability, as well as the outcomes in terms of program participation. The paper shows the key role of integrating other forms of early retirement programs into the analysis. The main findings are an unspectacular trend in the number of DI beneficiaries over time combined with a strong expansion of (early-) retirement schemes.
ER  -