TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bingley,Paul
AU  - Gupta,Nabanita Datta
AU  - Pedersen,Peder J.
TI  - Disability Programs, Health and Retirement in Denmark since 1960
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 17138
PY  - 2011
Y2  - June 2011
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w17138
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w17138.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Paul Bingley
Danish National Centre for Social Research
Herluf Trollesgade 11
1052
Copenhagen
DENMARK
Tel: +4533480937
Fax: +4533480833
E-Mail: pab@sfi.dk

Nabanita Datta Gupta
E-Mail: ndg@asb.dk

Peder Pedersen
School of Economics and Management
B 1322, Bartholins Alle 10
Arhus University- 8000 Arhus C
DENMARK
Tel: +4589421581
E-Mail: ppedersen@econ.au.dk
M3  - presented at "International Social Security Conference", May 2, 2011
AB  - This paper investigates the interaction between measures of health, disability pension take up and labor market performance in Denmark by charting their development over time and by examining how they are affected by key policy reforms in the area of early retirement. The main emphasis is on the long-run development of the Social Disability Pension (SDP) program, and whether it concurs with trends in population health based on mortality indicators (both overall and cause-specific) and with self-reported health. A strong relationship is found between labor force activity measures and non-health related programs for early retirement for those 60 and older. However, no clear relationship is evident between SDP take up and the health indicators. One reason for the lack of a correlation is most probably that SDP is “on its own track” due to program innovations and reforms creating competing risks or program substitution especially for the 50+ population.
ER  -