Disability insurance: error rates and gender differences

We show the extent of errors made in the award of disability insurance using matched survey-administrative data. False rejections (Type I errors) are widespread, and there are large gender differences in these type I error rates. Women with a severe, work-limiting, permanent impairment are 20 percen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Low, H, Pistaferri, L
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2019