RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Note on “The Longitudinal Structure of Earnings Losses among Work-Limited Disabled Workers”
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 721
OP 728
DO 10.3368/jhr.43.3.721
VO 43
IS 3
A1 Mok, Wallace K. C.
A1 Meyer, Bruce D.
A1 Charles, Kerwin Kofi
A1 Achen, Alexandra C.
YR 2008
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/43/3/721.abstract
AB Charles (2003) examines the dynamic effects of disability, finding a small decline in earnings and hours following disability onset, even for those who have positive disability reports for each of the next ten years. These outcomes also rebound quickly after the onset of disability. In recent work, Meyer and Mok (2006), find a much larger loss in earnings and a greater decline in hours. Here we find large and persistent declines in earnings and hours, generally several times those reported in Charles (2003). The current findings were arrived at by two research teams working independently without sharing any computer code.