The impact of vocational rehabilitation on employment outcomes: A regression discontinuity approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Since 2015, Finnish disability pension applicants who are rejected or receive a short-term temporary pension have, under certain conditions, also received a preliminary decision for vocational rehabilitation (VR). A key requirement for eligibility is a certain amount of earnings during the previous five years (€34 910.29 in 2017). We exploit this discontinuity to examine the impact of assignment to VR on labor market outcomes.

Methods

All new disability pension applicants from 2015 to 2017 were included. Fuzzy regression discontinuity design was used to evaluate the impact of assignment to VR on employment, unemployment and earned income two years later among those close to the threshold (+/- €20 000) providing eligibility for the preliminary decision. Arguably, t

SUBMITTER: Laaksonen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9888440 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature