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摘要
我们开展了一项随机试验(n = 600),对一项辅助就业(SE)计划进行评估。该计划通过强化就业指导和后续支持,旨在提高比利时精神疾病残疾保险(DI)领取者的工作积极性。对照组则接受常规的职业康复治疗。经过 30 个月的跟踪调查,我们发现,SE 计划将申请 DI 的工作概率提高了 7.5 个百分点,并将每月领取的 DI 福利金额减少了 110 欧元(-9.5%)。
Is supported employment effective for Disability Insurance recipients with mental health conditions? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Belgium.
We conduct a randomized experiment (n = 600) to evaluate a Supported Employment (SE) program that, through intensive job coaching and follow-along support, aims to increase work activity of Belgian Disability Insurance (DI) recipients with mental health conditions. The control group gets regular vocational rehabilitation. After a 30-month follow-up period, we find that SE increases the probability of working while claiming DI by 7.5 percentage points and reduces the amount of DI benefit received by 110 euros per month (-9.5 percent).
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This journal seeks articles related to the economics of health and medical care. Its scope will include the following topics:
Production and supply of health services;
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Determinants of health, including investments in health and risky health behaviors;
Economic consequences of ill-health;
Behavioral models of demanders, suppliers and other health care agencies;
Evaluation of policy interventions that yield economic insights;
Efficiency and distributional aspects of health policy;
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