Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutions
The goal of this paper is to investigate why Croatia has a large number of disability pension beneficiaries. Approximately one quarter of Croatia’s retired population is receiving a pension based on disability. After a presentation of the most important facts and figures, the following possible dete...
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| description | The goal of this paper is to investigate why Croatia has a large number of disability pension beneficiaries. Approximately one quarter of Croatia’s retired population is receiving a pension based on disability. After a presentation of the most important facts and figures, the following possible determinants of disability pensions in Croatia are considered: health status, conditions of work, socioeconomic status, war, and institutions. Simple before-after comparisons suggest that institutional reforms had a strong impact on the number of disability pension beneficiaries. Furthermore, the granting of disability pensions has been plagued by corruption, which shows the importance of informal institutions as well. Future research should focus on micro-data in order to find specific social and health care policy measures to alleviate the effect of socioeconomic and health factors on the incidence of disability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff388e15a58a48dd935ff41dc7fd70ed2022-12-22T01:51:46ZengInstitute of Public FinancePublic Sector Economics2459-88602017-03-0141110912810.3326/pse.41.1.10954Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutionsMarijana Badun0 Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb, Croatia The goal of this paper is to investigate why Croatia has a large number of disability pension beneficiaries. Approximately one quarter of Croatia’s retired population is receiving a pension based on disability. After a presentation of the most important facts and figures, the following possible determinants of disability pensions in Croatia are considered: health status, conditions of work, socioeconomic status, war, and institutions. Simple before-after comparisons suggest that institutional reforms had a strong impact on the number of disability pension beneficiaries. Furthermore, the granting of disability pensions has been plagued by corruption, which shows the importance of informal institutions as well. Future research should focus on micro-data in order to find specific social and health care policy measures to alleviate the effect of socioeconomic and health factors on the incidence of disability. http://www.pse-journal.hr/upload/files/pse/2017/1/badjun.pdf disability pensionsCroatiacorruptionwarinstitutions |
| spellingShingle | Marijana Badun Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutions Public Sector Economics disability pensions Croatia corruption war institutions |
| title | Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutions |
| title_full | Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutions |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutions |
| title_short | Determinants of disability pensions in Croatia: the role of institutions |
| title_sort | determinants of disability pensions in croatia the role of institutions |
| topic | disability pensions Croatia corruption war institutions |
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