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Advanced Academic
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Programme Details
Less Dependency –
More Participation?
Recent innovations in Sickness and
Disability Programmes
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Day 1:
Thursday 22 May, 2008 |
09.00-
09.45 |
Registration
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09.45 -
10.00 |
Welcome and introduction
by Prof. Dr. Chris de
Neubourg
(MGSoG) |
10.00 –
13:00 |
Reforms in sickness
benefit and disability pension
programmes: an international
comparison
Dr. Michael Förster,
Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), France
Dr. Rienk Prins, AStri
Research
and Consultancy Group,
the
Netherlands
Prof.
Dr. Joan Muysken,
Maastricht University, the
Netherlands
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13.00 –
14.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 -
17.00 |
The economics of disability
and disability policies
Dr. Daniel van Vuuren,
Netherlands
Bureau for Economic Policy
Analysis
(CPB), the Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Philip de Jong, APE
and University of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands |
17.00 -
17.30 |
Coffee break |
17.30 -
19.00 |
Debate “Well-being and/or work? The impact of
disability on living conditions”
Introduction to the debate by
Prof.
Dr. Mansel Aylward, Unum
Centre for Psychosocial and
Disability Research (CPDR),
United Kingdom
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20.00 |
Dinner |
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Day 2: Friday 23 May,
2008 |
08.30
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09.00 |
Welcome / coffee
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09.00 -
12.00 |
Disability insurance schemes
and
work supply
Dr. Friedrich Mehrhoff,
German
Federation of Institutions
for Statutory
Accident Insurance and
Prevention,
Germany
Nigel Meager, MPhil,
Institute for
Employment Studies, United
Kingdom
Dr. Peter Wright, Department
for
Work and Pensions, United
Kingdom
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12.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 -
17.00 |
Dealing with administrative
challenges: from
policies to
practice
Dr. Jan-Willem van
Blitterswijk,
Social Intelligence and
Investigation
Service, The Netherlands
Dr. Ad Bockting, Institute
for
Employee Benefits, The
Netherlands
Dr. Agnes Meershoek,
Maastricht
University, The Netherlands |
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17.00 |
Closure
and drink |
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