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.