Disability and Occupational Labor Transitions: Evidence from South Korea

We examine how certain occupational physical requirements affect labor transitions of disabled workers by exploiting a unique feature of South Korean Disability Insurance (DI), where award rules are based solely on an applicant’s medical condition, independent of his previous occupations. We estimat...

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Main Author: RHEE, SERENA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Development Institute 2020-08-01
Series:KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.23895/kdijep.2020.42.3.53