Is Recipiency of Disability Pension Hereditary?

39 Pages Posted: 3 May 2012

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Espen Bratberg

University of Bergen - Department of Economics

Øivind Anti Nilsen

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute

Kjell Vaage

University of Bergen - Department of Economics

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Date Written: April 30, 2012

Abstract

This paper addresses whether children’s exposure to parents receiving disability benefits induces a higher probability of receiving such benefits themselves. Most OECD countries experience an increasing proportion of the working-age population receiving permanent disability benefits. Using data from Norway, a country where around 10% of the working-age population rely on disability benefits, we find that the amount of time that children are exposed to their fathers receiving disability benefits affects their own likelihood of receiving benefits positively. This finding is robust to a range of different specifications, including family fixed effects.

Keywords: disability, intergenerational correlations, siblings fixed effects

JEL Classification: H550, J620

Suggested Citation

Bratberg, Espen and Nilsen, Oivind Anti and Vaage, Kjell, Is Recipiency of Disability Pension Hereditary? (April 30, 2012). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3796, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2050314 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2050314

Espen Bratberg

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