Controlling for Structural Changes in the Workforce Influenced Occupational Class Differences in Disability Retirement Trends.

ABSTRACT: We explored occupational class differences in disability retirement trends accounting for structural changes in the workforce induced by the recent economic crisis and the following economic stagnation. Using nationwide register data on the general Finnish population aged 30-59 years, we examined trends in disability retirement due to all causes, musculoskeletal diseases, and mental disorders in 2007, 2010, and 2013. Applying propensity score (PS) matching to control for bias induced by structural changes in the workforce over time, we obtained 885,807 matched triplets. In the original study population, all-cause and cause-specific disability retirement declined between 2007 and 2013 for most occupational classes. In the matched study population, the disability retirement among skilled and

SUBMITTER: Solovieva S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6539389 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature