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DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-89462-5.50005-6
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“…Improper use of DI benefits as a more generous, and less stigmatising, 8 alternative to unemployment benefits was quite common in late 1970s and 1980s. It provided employers with a flexible instrument to reduce the labour force at will and kept official unemployment rates low (Aarts and de Jong (1992)). Several studies for The Netherlands have shown that the share of hidden unemployment within DI schemes lies between 10 and 50%.…”
Section: The Current Position Of Disability Insurance In the Netherlandsmentioning
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“…Improper use of DI benefits as a more generous, and less stigmatising, 8 alternative to unemployment benefits was quite common in late 1970s and 1980s. It provided employers with a flexible instrument to reduce the labour force at will and kept official unemployment rates low (Aarts and de Jong (1992)). Several studies for The Netherlands have shown that the share of hidden unemployment within DI schemes lies between 10 and 50%.…”
Section: The Current Position Of Disability Insurance In the Netherlandsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The growth in DI use can however not be explained by an increase of disability within the population (see, e.g. Aarts and de Jong (1992)). Due to informational problems and imperfect disability evaluation, able people may receive DI benefits instead of working more hours, or receive DI benefits instead of unemployment benefits, early retirement benefits, or welfare.…”
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“…In the relevant literature, one of the first contributions giving explicit estimates for the degree of hidden unemployment in the Netherlands' DI scheme was Aarts & de Jong (1992), who used cross-section data from 1980 2 F o r P e e r R e v i e w to estimate a share of hidden unemployment within DI enrolment of 33-51%. Westerhout (1996) used aggregate data for the period 1973-1992 and confirms that nearly half of the persons receiving DI benefits are in fact unemployed.…”
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