TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bratberg, Espen
AU  - Nilsen, Øivind Anti
AU  - Vaage, Kjell
        TI  - Is Recipiency of Disability Pension Hereditary?
        PY  - 2012/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6508
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6508
        AB  - This paper addresses whether children's exposure to parents receiving disability benefits induces a higher probability of receiving such benefits themselves. Most OECD countries experience an increasing proportion of the working-age population receiving permanent disability benefits. Using data from Norway, a country where around 10% of the working-age population rely on disability benefits, we find that the amount of time that children are exposed to their fathers receiving disability benefits affects their own likelihood of receiving benefits positively. This finding is robust to a range of different specifications, including family fixed effects.
        KW  - siblings fixed effects
KW  - intergenerational correlations
KW  - disability
        ER  -