Chapter 18 The economics of disability and disability policy

Handbook of Health Economics

Volumn 1, Issue PART B, 2000, Pages 995-1051

  Haveman, Robert ^a   Wolfe, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; incentives; labor force participation; rehabilitation; transfer policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956788549     PISSN: 15740064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0064(00)80031-1     Document Type: Review

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