The welfare implications of increasing disability insurance benefit generosity

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2487-2514

  Bound, John ^a,b   Cullen, Julie Berry ^a,b   Nichols, Austin ^a   Schmidt, Lucie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability insurance; Income security; Labor supply disincentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444302957     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.07.007     Document Type: Article

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