The employment effects of terminating disability benefits

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-43

  Moore, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability insurance; H53; H55; Health capital; J14; Labor force participation; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924363577     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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