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Title: Incapacity Benefits versus Benefit Transfers

Author(s): Mike Orszag and Dennis J. Snower

Publication Date: September 1996

Keyword(s): Employment Policy, Incapacity Benefits and Labour Force Participation

Programme Area(s): Human Resources

Abstract: The paper explores the employment implications of allowing people the opportunity of using a portion of their incapacity benefits to provide employment vouchers for employers that hire them. The analysis indicates that introducing this policy could increase employment, raise the incomes of incapacity benefit recipients, and reduce employers? labour costs.

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Orszag, M and Snower, D. 1996. 'Incapacity Benefits versus Benefit Transfers'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=1471