Disability Pensions in the European Union
Disability is a complex, evolving and multidimensional concept. According to the World Disability report (2011), disability will be an even greater concern as its prevalence is on the rise due to Ageing Populations as well as the Global increase in...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/994751593102908330/Disability-pensions-in-the-European-Union http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34038 |
| Summary: | Disability is a complex, evolving and
multidimensional concept. According to the World Disability
report (2011), disability will be an even greater concern as
its prevalence is on the rise due to Ageing Populations as
well as the Global increase in chronic health conditions
such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental
health disorders. In this paper, the authors look at the
basic design features and fiscal costs of the sick pay, sick
leave and disability pensions program in each of the Member
States of the European Union. As will be seen, it is
difficult to draw any policy conclusions or find much in the
way of trends in the data. Nevertheless, the authors
highlight the heterogeneity in practices across various
countries through our analysis, suggest areas for additional
analysis or research, and provide suggestions for
strengthening disability pension systems in the future. The
authors also include case studies for two countries (The
Netherlands and Poland) to illustrate the characteristics of
recent reforms and lessons learned. For most purposes, in
this paper, disability benefits refer to a combination of
sick pay, sick leave and disability pensions payable from
social insurance programs. This paper is arranged as
follows: (ii) Section II of this report discusses the
social, financial, and demographic arguments for countries
to focus increased attention now on the design,
administration and financing of their sick pay, sick leave
and disability pension programs; (iii) Section III discusses
the basic terminology and issues in disability pensions; and
(iv) Section IV reviews the current practices of the EU
countries in the areas of disability covered by the report. |
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