We examine the effects of changed eligibility rules to disability pension by the 1979 Swedish pension reform on immigrant retirement behavior. The reform made disability pension in the form of basic pension available to a wider group of immigrants. By using the LINDA database in a “difference-in-difference” model we estimate the effects of the reform on the probability of retirement in the age group 40-64. We find a positive impact of the reform on immigrant retirement behavior among women. Our results also indicate that naturalization may have been a way to get access to disability pension for those who, before the reform, had no legal right to basic pension.

<p>We examine the effects of changed eligibility rules to disability pension by the 1979 Swedish pension reform on immigrant retirement behavior. The reform made disability pension in the form of basic pension available to a wider group of immigrants. By using the LINDA database in a “difference-in-difference” model we estimate the effects of the reform on the probability of retirement in the age group 40-64. We find a positive impact of the reform on immigrant retirement behavior among women. Our results also indicate that naturalization may have been a way to get access to disability pension for those who, before the reform, had no legal right to basic pension.</p>

Thesis (doctoral)--Universiẗat Köln, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-427).

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:21:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Helio Gustavo Alves.pdf: 717855 bytes, checksum: 6f8f8163ce42bf81feccfc8f6150e1fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-11-28 / This paper aims at tracing the connection between sickness-assistance and disability retirement with the provision pension and rehabilitation and the professional qualification. The goal is to show that if there was a program of rehabilitation and professional habilitation and if it were applied to the policyholders apart for disability, besides these ones have a chance of qualifying to another profession, the INSS would no longer afford the benefits and raise again with social contributions by the policyholders return to work, as well as rescuing the principle of human dignity for the worker being rehabilitated and professionally qualified. Therefore, the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs and professional qualification would make INSS to have great savings for failing to pay benefits, and also to start receiving social security contributions, and mainly, would guarantee the policyholders the right to return to working life, preserving, as a consequence, their human dignity / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo traçar a ligação entre o auxílio-doença e a aposentadoria por invalidez com a prestação previdenciária reabilitação e a habilitação profissional. Tem-se como meta demonstrar que se existisse o programa de reabilitação e habilitação profissional e se o mesmo fosse aplicado aos segurados afastados por incapacidade, além destes terem a chance da qualificação para outra profissão, o INSS deixaria de bancar os benefícios e voltaria a arrecadar com as contribuições sociais pelo retorno do segurado ao trabalho, bem como, resgataria o princípio da dignidade da pessoa humana por ter sido o trabalhador reabilitado e habilitado profissionalmente. Portando, a eficácia do programa de reabilitação e habilitação profissional faria com que o INSS tivesse uma grande economia por deixar de pagar os benefícios e, ainda, por passar a receber as contribuições sociais e, principalmente, se garantiria ao segurado o direito de volta à vida laboral, preservando-se, como consequência, sua dignidade humana