The Impact of Economic Conditions on Participation in Disability Programs: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust

dc.contributor.author	Black, Dan	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Daniel, Kermit	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sanders, Seth	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2010-03-09T15:44:38Z
dc.date.available	2010-03-09T15:44:38Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/2099
dc.description.abstract	We examine the impact of the coal boom of the 1970's and the coal bust of the 1980's on disability program participation. These shocks provide clear evidence that as the value of labor-market participation increases, disability program participation falls. For the Disability Insurance program, the elasticity of payments with respect to local earnings is between -0.3 and -0.4 and for Supplemental Security Income the elasticity is between -0.4 and -0.7. Consistent with a model where qualifying for disability programs is costly, the relationship between economic conditions and program participation is much stronger for permanent than for transitory economic shocks.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	The American Economic Review	en_US
dc.subject	Coal	en_US
dc.subject	Earnings	en_US
dc.subject	Impact	en_US
dc.subject	LABOR market	en_US
dc.title	The Impact of Economic Conditions on Participation in Disability Programs: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.department	Economics