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- Title
Does sanctioning disabled claimants of unemployment insurance increase labour market inactivity? An analysis of 346 British local authorities between 2009 and 2014.
- Authors
Reeves, Aaron
- Abstract
Imposing financial penalties on claimants of unemployment insurance may incentivise labour market re-entry. However, sanctions may have differential effects depending on the work-readiness of the claimants. Here, I explore whether sanctioning disabled claimants is associated with greater labour market activity or inactivity among disabled people data on 346 British local authorities between 2009 and 2014. When the number of sanctioned disabled claimants rises (as a proportion of all claimants), the disability rate among economically inactive people becomes larger. There is no clear relationship between sanctioning disabled claimants and the employed disability rate.
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL sanctions; UNEMPLOYMENT insurance claimants; LABOR market; FINES (Penalties); CONDITIONALITY (International relations)
- Publication
Journal of Poverty & Social Justice, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
1759-8273
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1332/175982717X14939739331029