Wilbert van der Klaauw

Overview

Wilbert van der Klaauw is an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Microeconomic and Regional Studies Function). His research spans labor economics, disability insurance, and applied microeconometrics. He is co-author, with Susan Chen, of the 2008 Journal of Econometrics paper using comparison-group and regression-discontinuity methods to estimate DI work disincentive effects in the 1990s.

Key Contributions

• Co-developed the fuzzy RD design exploiting SSA vocational grid age cutoffs (45, 50, 55) to identify DI work effects for Stage 5 vocational applicants
• Co-authored the 1990s update to Bound's comparison-group upper bound on DI labor supply disincentives, finding ~20 pp vs. Bound's original 30 pp
• Extended the DI work-disincentive literature to women, SSI applicants, and longer time horizons (up to 11 years post-decision)

Related

• Causal Effects of DI Receipt
• Vocational Grid
• Susan Chen
• Disability Insurance Program
• SSA Sequential Determination Process

Sources

• Chen and van der Klaauw 2008 — The Work Disincentive Effects of the Disability Insurance Program in the 1990s
• Strand and Messel 2019 — The Ability of Older Workers with Impairments to Adapt to New Jobs