PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Perry Singleton
TI  - Insult to Injury
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.47.4.972
DP  - 2012 Oct 02
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 972--990
VI  - 47
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/4/972.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/4/972.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2012 Oct 02; 47
AB  - This study measures the longitudinal effect of disability on earnings, marriage, and divorce. The data come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation matched to administrative data on longitudinal earnings. Using event-study methods, the results show that the onset of a work-preventing disability is associated with a precipitous decline in earnings and an increase in divorce. Consistent with theory, the association between disability and divorce is greatest among young and educated males who experience a work-preventing, rather than a work-limiting, disability.