The impact on health of employment and welfare transitions for those receiving out-of-work disability benefits in the UK.

ABSTRACT: Employment status has a dynamic relationship with health and disability. There has been a striking increase in the working age population receiving out-of-work disability benefits in many countries, including the UK. In response, recent UK welfare reforms have tightened eligibility criteria and introduced new conditions for benefit receipt linked to participation in return-to-work activities. Positive and negative impacts have been suggested but there is a lack of high quality evidence of the health impact when those receiving disability benefits move towards labour market participation. Using four waves of the UK's Understanding Society panel survey (2009-2013) three different types of employment and welfare transition were analysed in order to identify their impact on health. A differenc

SUBMITTER: Curnock E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4962812 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature