Disability Benefit Receipt and Reform
Reconciling Trends in the United Kingdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4029099 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Banks (0000-0002-9726-8921, James Banks is Professor of Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, and Deputy Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London, United Kingdom.), Richard Blundell (0000-0003-1588-2299, Richard Blundell is the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London, and Research Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, both in London, United Kingdom.), Carl Emmerson (0000-0002-2908-1460, Carl Emmerson is Deputy Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, United Kingdom.) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-190 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.29.2.173 |
| PMID | 28443649 |
| OpenAlex | W2148026578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 4 |
The UK has enacted a number of reforms to the structure of disability benefits that has made it a major case study for other countries thinking of reform. The introduction of Incapacity Benefit in 1995 coincided with a strong decline in disability benefit expenditure, reversing previous sharp increases. From 2008 the replacement of Incapacity Benefit with Employment and Support Allowance was intended to reduce spending further. We bring together administrative and survey data over the period and highlight key differences in receipt of disability benefits by age, sex, and health. These disability benefit reforms and the trends in receipt are also put into the context of broader trends in health and employment by education and sex. We document a growing proportion of claimants in any age group with mental and behavioral disorders as their principal health condition. We also show the decline in the number of older working age men receiving disability benefits to have been partially offset by growth in the number of younger women receiving these benefits. We speculate on the impact of disability reforms on employment
Demographic economics · Disability benefits · Economics · Geography · Political science · Receipt · Social security · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |