The rise in the disability rolls and the decline in unemployment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-205

  Autor, David H ^a   Duggan, Mark G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0037331489     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530360535171     Document Type: Review

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