ABSTRACT
The rising cost of illness and disability benefits are one of today’s biggest social and labour market challenges. The promise of activation-oriented work disability policies was labour market engagement for all people, regardless of illness, injury or impairment. However, the reality has been more complex.
The Science and Politics of Work Disability Policy addresses social and political economic contexts driving state work disability reform in 13 countries. In this first attempt to explain the history and future of work disability policy, this book asks new questions about work disability policy design, focus, and effects. It details how work disability policies have evolved with jurisdictions, why these take their current shape, and where they are heading. The well positioned authors draw on their insider knowledge and expertise in law, medicine, and social science to provide detailed case studies of their jurisdictions.
This pathbreaking volume will be of interest to social security system policy makers, scholars, and students in the health and social sciences.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|28 pages
Work Disability Policy Context
part 2|93 pages
Cause-Based Social Security Systems
chapter 4|22 pages
Strengths and Weaknesses of Regulatory Systems Designed to Prevent Work Disability After Injury or Illness
part 3|135 pages
Comprehensive Social Security Systems
chapter 9|17 pages
Work Disability Prevention in Finland
chapter 11|18 pages
Work Disability Policy in Germany
chapter 13|18 pages
Disability Prevention Policies in Belgium
chapter 15|16 pages
The Rise and Fall of Income Replacement Disability Benefit Receipt in the United Kingdom
part 4|25 pages
Challenges and Opportunities for Work Disability Policy