Trends in employment and earnings of allowed and rejected applicants to the social security disability insurance program

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3308-3329

  Von Wachter, Till ^a   Song, Jae ^b   Manchester, Joyce ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755185484     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.7.3308     Document Type: Article

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