The Social Security disability insurance program benefits were reduced in the early 1980s,
in the belief that income supports induced people to stop working. The action failed to stem …

A wave of scientific research began in the 1990s to examine the design and implementation
of work disability policies, which foster engagement in the labor force for individuals when …

Edward H. Yelin challenges the conventional wisdom that the combination of the boom in
the service industry and the needfor workers yields a rosy outlook for employment of …

Self-reported disability has increased in recent decades among working-age persons, while
age-specified mortality rates conversely have fallen. Current Population Survey data permit …

This paper looks at work-related disability in the United States as it is currently addressed
according to the policies and procedures of the Social Security Disability Administration and …

The indirect cost of illness due to lost wages exceeds the cost of medical services by a large
margin. Social characteristics of persons with physical impairment are more important than …

The labor market trajectory of persons with and without disabilities is charted for the years
1981 through 1993. Data from the March Supplement to the Current Population Survey for …

Disability and employment in the USA: The quest for best practices Page 1 Disability & Society,
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Work disability is a costly problem in the US In 1988, for example, the costs of work disability
included $22 billion in SSDI payments, $11 billion in SSI payments to the blind and …

The available data indicate that less than a third of disabled working-age adults are
employed, and, when they are, they are paid lower wages. Their incomes are low even after …