Disability Insurance waiting time varies from a few months to several years. We estimate the causal effect of longer …

This paper exploits rarely-used longitudinal data to examine the impacts of disability onset on benefit receipt in … who experienced disability onset under the less restrictive pre-2009 disability benefit regime. Contrary to the perception … combines propensity score matching with difference-in-differences estimation. Disability onset increases receipt of disability …

' disability and its implications for evaluating the insurance value of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program …. First, I find that while spousal labor supply responses to husbands' disability are small, wives spend a sizable amount of … households that incorporates husbands' disability status, wives' time allocation choices, health state dependent utility, and the …

depending on the nature of the disability, the disabled person's gender and the social context. Our aim was to investigate … variation in attitudes to disability depending on these factors. A nationally representative sample of 2,000 adults read a …-institutionalisation, relationships and welfare payments. Vignettes varied by presence and type of disability and the protagonist's gender. Some vignettes …

undermine the work of disabled activists in Malawi. Lastly, we present findings on the stigmatised nature of disability in these … urban centres. We find that stigma is economic: Urban workers with disabilities are discriminated against locally by …

Public disability benefit programs in the United States and other countries consider, as a condition for benefit … applicant’s vocational factors (VFs) — age, education, and work experience — in assessing disability claims. As such, VFs play … an important role in determining who qualifies for disability and related benefits. This article offers a comprehensive …