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Posted to Web: April 01, 2002

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During the 1990s, while overall employment rates for working-aged men and women either remained constant (men) or rose (women), employment rates for people with disabilities fell. During the same period the fraction of the working-aged population receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits increased dramatically. This article presents simple time series and cross-state evidence suggesting that the growth in the DI program can account for much of the decline in the relative employment position of men and women with disabilities. (Journal of Human Resources 2002 Spring; 37(2): 231-250).

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