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
DO  - 10.3386/w17114
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w17114
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w17114.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Alain Jousten
University of Liege
Law Faculty, HEC-ULg and Tax Institute
Place des Orateurs 3
4000 Liege 1
BELGIUM
E-Mail: ajousten@ulg.ac.be

Mathieu Lefebvre
BETA University of Strasbourg
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
M1  - published as Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefebvre, Sergio Perelman. "Disability in Belgium: There Is More Than Meets the Eye," in David A. Wise, editor, "Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms" University of Chicago Press (2012)

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  -