Overview
Stefan Staubli is a labor economist (University of Zurich / University of St. Gallen / RAND) specializing in social insurance programs, disability policy, and retirement behavior. He is best known for his 2011 Journal of Public Economics study exploiting Austria's 1996 DI eligibility reform as a natural experiment to estimate the causal effects of stricter criteria on DI enrollment and labor market outcomes.
Key Contributions / Features
- Staubli (2011): DiD study of Austria's 1996 Structural Adjustment Act raising the relaxed DI eligibility age from 55 → 57 for men; finds DI −6 to −7.4 pp, employment +1.6 to +3.4 pp, with large spillovers to UI and sickness insurance; documents postponement (not deterrence) as the dominant behavioral response; shows strong blue-collar and earnings-gradient heterogeneity.
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