Changes in Work Disability in the 2000s
New information is needed on the trends in work disability and factors related thereto. This project, carried out in collaboration with the Finnish Centre for Pensions, aims to generate new information on the trends and predicting factors related to applying for disability pension, transitioning from work to disability pension, and rejected applications. The produced information can be extrapolated to the general population. The analyses are conducted from the perspective of the benefit processes and by demographic and disease groups. A specific focus is on the labour market position and use of different social security benefits before and after applying for disability pension. Rejected disability pension applications are included in the analyses.
We use register data on the working-age population, and the data contain information on sociodemographic factors, new pensions, sickness allowance periods, rehabilitation, rehabilitation allowance, medicine reimbursements, unemployment, and careers.
Researchers
- Jenni Blomgren, Leading Researcher
- Riku Perhoniemi
Project Implementation Period
1.2.2020–31.12.2023 The project has ended.
Project Results
- Identifying Labour Market Pathways After a 30-Day-Long Sickness Absence - a Three-Year Sequence Analysis Study in Finland (research publication)
- Unemployed and Disabled for Work: Identifying 3-Year Labour Market Pathways From the Beginning of a Sickness Absence Using Sequence and Cluster Analyses in a Register-Based Longitudinal Study in Finland (research publication)
- Municipality-Level Differences in Disability Retirement in Finland: The Contribution of Local Social Characteristics (research publication)
