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Application and Award Responses to Stricter Screening in Disability Insurance

Mathilde Godard, Pierre Koning and Maarten Lindeboom
Published online before print April 05, 2022, 1120-11323R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1120-11323R1
Mathilde Godard
*Mathilde Godard is CNRS researcher at Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University, CNRS, LEDa ().
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Pierre Koning
Pierre Koning is economics professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, IZA and TI.
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Maarten Lindeboom
Maarten Lindeboom is economics professor at the Vrije Universiteit, IZA, TI, the Centre for Health Economics and Monash University.
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