RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Insult to Injury
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 972
OP 990
DO 10.3368/jhr.47.4.972
VO 47
IS 4
A1 Perry Singleton
YR 2012
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/4/972.abstract
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.