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The Health and Earnings of Rejected Disability Insurance Applicants
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Applicants for Social Security Disability Benefits who fail to pass the medical screening form a natural 'control' group for beneficiaries.Data drawn from the 1972 and 1978 surveys of the disabled done for the Social Security Administration show that fewer than 50% of rejected male applicants work.Typical earnings of those that do are less than 50% of median earnings for other men their age.These data cast doubt on recent econometric work which suggests that the disincentive effects of DI have been substantial.
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- Authors
- Bound, J.
- Venue
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Published
- 1989-01
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 482-503
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- W2171724930
- Cited by
- 469
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- 0
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- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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