Effects of macroeconomic trends on social security spending due to sickness and disability
Författare
Summary, in English
Objectives. We analyzed the relationship between macroeconomic conditions, measured as unemployment rate and social security spending, from 4 social security schemes and total spending due to sickness and disability. Methods. We obtained aggregated panel data from 13 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries for 1980-1996. We used regression analysis and fixed effect models to examine spending on sickness benefits, disability pensions, occupational-injury benefits, survivor's pensions, and total spending. Results. A decline in unemployment increased sickness benefits spending and reduced disability pension spending. These effects reversed direction after 4 years of unemployment. Inclusion of mortality rate as an additional variable in the analysis did not affect the findings. Conclusions. Macroeconomic conditions influence some reimbursements from social security schemes but not total spending.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2004
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
2004-2009
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
American Journal of Public Health
Volym
94
Issue
11
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
Ämne
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Social Epidemiology
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1541-0048