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How Does Job Coaching Help Disability Insurance Recipients Work While on Claim?

  • Series
    Research on Monday
  • Speaker(s)
    Ilan Tojerow (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
  • Field
    Macroeconomics
  • Location
    Erasmus University Rotterdam, Polak 3-09
    Rotterdam
  • Date and time

    September 16, 2024
    11:30 - 12:30

Abstract: We evaluate the effects of a Supported Employment (SE) program aimed at Disability Insurance (DI) recipients with mental conditions. The program is characterized by a “work-first" approach, which includes intensive job coaching and follow-along support. Using a Randomized Control Trial with more than 660 participants over a follow-up period of 30 months, we compare the benefits of this new program to regular vocational rehabilitation services traditionally used in Belgium. We find that SE increases the probability that DI recipients with mental conditions work while on claim by 7.5 percentage points and reduces their reliance on DI benefits by 9.5 percent. Joint with with Sébastien Fontenay.