Mary C Daly
Biographic Data
| ID | 3714872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary C Daly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary C |
| FAMILY NAME | Daly |
| SIGNATURE | DALY M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 181 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Economic Status of People with Disabilities and Their Families since the Great Recession
People with disabilities face substantial barriers to sustained employment and stable, adequate income. We assess how they and their families fared during the long economic expansion that followed the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, using data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) and the March CPS annual income supplement. We find that the expansion bolstered the well-being of people with disabilities and, in particular, their labor …
When One Size Does Not Fit All: Modernizing the Supplemental Security Income Program
The federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program is an important part of the safety net in the United States, paying means-tested benefits to children with disabilities, nonelderly adults with disabilities, and elderly individuals. In this article, we describe the eligibility criteria for the program, how these have changed over time, and the impact of these changes on SSI enrollment. We also show that over time, SSI has grown to serve a he…
Asset-based approaches, older people and social care: An analysis and critique
Asset-based thinking is increasingly prevalent in health policy and is to be found also in discourses on social care. This article explores and critiques the applicability of asset-based approaches to social care for older people, using Carol Bacchi's analytical framework to consider developments in the United Kingdom especially. The problem construction, assumptions and suggested solutions underpinning an asset-based approach are considered in t…
Relative Status and Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Suicide Deaths
We assess the importance of interpersonal income comparisons using data on suicide deaths. We examine whether suicide risk is related to others' income, holding own income and other individual and environmental factors fixed. We estimate models of the suicide hazard using two independent data sets: the National Longitudinal Mortality Study and the National Center for Health Statistics' Multiple Cause of Death Files combined with the 5% Public Use…
Social Security Disability Insurance: Time for Fundamental Change
Response to Virginia Reno
A Search and Matching Approach to Labor Markets: Did the Natural Rate of Unemployment Rise
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained stubbornly high since the 2007-2009 recession, leading some observers to conclude that structural rather than cyclical factors are to blame. Relying on a standard job search and matching framework and empirical evidence from a wide array of labor market indicators, we examine whether the natural rate of unemployment has increased since the recession began, and if so, whether the underlying causes are transi…
Inequality and Poverty in United States: The Effects of Rising Dispersion of Men's Earnings and Changing Family Behaviour
Using semiparametric density estimation techniques, we analyse the effect of rising dispersion of men's earnings and related changes in family behaviour on increasing inequality in the distribution of family income in the United States. For the period 1969–1989, the growing dispersion of men's earnings and changing family structure can account for most of the rise in family income inequality. By contrast, the increase in labour force participatio…
Daly Et Al. Respond
Braveman and Cubbin are correct in pointing out that the optimal indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) may vary across health outcomes and health behaviors. Indeed, we alluded to this point when we noted that “various measures of SES may summarize different components of overall health risk.” We also agree that systematic evaluation of the importance of various SES measures is required before an “optimal” set can be recommended. That said, we …
Policy Watch: U.S. Disability Policy in a Changing Environment
In this paper we provide a context for evaluating the goals and effectiveness of current disability policy. We review the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs and examine trends in disability benefit receipt and employment among working-age people with disabilities. We discuss the difficulties in crafting efficient and equitable programs for this difficult to target, heterogeneous population. We conclude …
Optimal Indicators of Socioeconomic Status for Health Research
Objectives. In this study we examined the relationship between indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality for a representative sample of individuals. Methods. The sample included 3734 individuals aged 45 and older interviewed in 1984 in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. In the current study, mortality was tracked between 1984 and 1994 and is related to SES indicators of education, occupation, income, and wealth. Results. Wealth and …
Self-Reported Work-Limitation Data: What They Can and Cannot Tell Us
Despite their widespread use in the literature, the Current Population Survey (CPS) and similar surveys have come under attack of late. We put the criticisms in perspective by systematically examining what the CPS data can and cannot be used for in disability research compared to the National Health Interview Survey. On the basis of our findings, we argue (1) that the CPS can be used to monitor trends in outcomes of those with disabilities and (2…
Ah, A Real Kalabari Woman!”: Reflexivity and the Conceptualization of Appearance
Time? money? both? the allocation of resources to older Parents
We provide estimates of a reduced-form model of the allocation of household time and money resources. We consider four demands for these resources: time spent working, time spent providing care for noncoresident elderly parents, time spent performing house-work, and monetary transfers to noncoresident elderly parents. We focus on the effects of wage rates and parental characteristics on the allocation decisions of adult children and their househo…
Macro‐to‐Micro Links in the Relation between Income Inequality and Mortality
A growing literature points to links between income inequality and mortality. Any examination of the link should distinguish, both theoretically and empirically, between shifts in inequality that result from changes in the bottom and top of the income distribution. When state‐level data from the U.S. censuses of 1980 and 1990 were used to measure differences in mortality, the results indicated that inequality measures reflecting depth of poverty …
Who is Protected by the ADA? Evidence from the German Experience
Proponents of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) reason that if the disability-related barriers to employment are removed, the goal of full employment for the population with disabilities can be reached. However, some researchers have suggested that the ADA will not be the panacea hoped for by its most ardent supporters. In particular, concerns have been raised about the ability of the ADA to promote employment among the doubly disadvantag…
Disability and Employment
The Economic Consequences of Disability: A Comparison of German and American People With Disabilities
Using two longitudinal data sets, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel, we compare the relative success of United States and German disability policy in ameliorating the consequences of work-related health impairments. Comparing cross sections, we find Germans with disabilities on average earn only slightly less and enjoy the same household income as those without disabilities, while Americans with disabilities e…
"Androcentrism in "Foreheads of the Dead
Optimal Indicators of Socioeconomic Status for Health Research
Objectives. In this study we examined the relationship between indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality for a representative sample of individuals. Methods. The sample included 3734 individuals aged 45 and older interviewed in 1984 in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. In the current study, mortality was tracked between 1984 and 1994 and is related to SES indicators of education, occupation, income, and wealth. Results. Wealth and …
Time? money? both? the allocation of resources to older Parents
We provide estimates of a reduced-form model of the allocation of household time and money resources. We consider four demands for these resources: time spent working, time spent providing care for noncoresident elderly parents, time spent performing house-work, and monetary transfers to noncoresident elderly parents. We focus on the effects of wage rates and parental characteristics on the allocation decisions of adult children and their househo…
Inequality and Poverty in United States: The Effects of Rising Dispersion of Men's Earnings and Changing Family Behaviour
Using semiparametric density estimation techniques, we analyse the effect of rising dispersion of men's earnings and related changes in family behaviour on increasing inequality in the distribution of family income in the United States. For the period 1969–1989, the growing dispersion of men's earnings and changing family structure can account for most of the rise in family income inequality. By contrast, the increase in labour force participatio…
Asset-based approaches, older people and social care: An analysis and critique
Asset-based thinking is increasingly prevalent in health policy and is to be found also in discourses on social care. This article explores and critiques the applicability of asset-based approaches to social care for older people, using Carol Bacchi's analytical framework to consider developments in the United Kingdom especially. The problem construction, assumptions and suggested solutions underpinning an asset-based approach are considered in t…
Social Security Disability Insurance: Time for Fundamental Change
The Economic Consequences of Disability: A Comparison of German and American People With Disabilities
Using two longitudinal data sets, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel, we compare the relative success of United States and German disability policy in ameliorating the consequences of work-related health impairments. Comparing cross sections, we find Germans with disabilities on average earn only slightly less and enjoy the same household income as those without disabilities, while Americans with disabilities e…
Who is Protected by the ADA? Evidence from the German Experience
Proponents of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) reason that if the disability-related barriers to employment are removed, the goal of full employment for the population with disabilities can be reached. However, some researchers have suggested that the ADA will not be the panacea hoped for by its most ardent supporters. In particular, concerns have been raised about the ability of the ADA to promote employment among the doubly disadvantag…
The Economic Status of People with Disabilities and Their Families since the Great Recession
People with disabilities face substantial barriers to sustained employment and stable, adequate income. We assess how they and their families fared during the long economic expansion that followed the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, using data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) and the March CPS annual income supplement. We find that the expansion bolstered the well-being of people with disabilities and, in particular, their labor …
A Search and Matching Approach to Labor Markets: Did the Natural Rate of Unemployment Rise
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained stubbornly high since the 2007-2009 recession, leading some observers to conclude that structural rather than cyclical factors are to blame. Relying on a standard job search and matching framework and empirical evidence from a wide array of labor market indicators, we examine whether the natural rate of unemployment has increased since the recession began, and if so, whether the underlying causes are transi…
Daly Et Al. Respond
Braveman and Cubbin are correct in pointing out that the optimal indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) may vary across health outcomes and health behaviors. Indeed, we alluded to this point when we noted that “various measures of SES may summarize different components of overall health risk.” We also agree that systematic evaluation of the importance of various SES measures is required before an “optimal” set can be recommended. That said, we …
"Androcentrism in "Foreheads of the Dead
The Economic Consequences of Disability: A Comparison of German and American People With Disabilities
Using two longitudinal data sets, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel, we compare the relative success of United States and German disability policy in ameliorating the consequences of work-related health impairments. Comparing cross sections, we find Germans with disabilities on average earn only slightly less and enjoy the same household income as those without disabilities, while Americans with disabilities e…
Disability and Employment
Who is Protected by the ADA? Evidence from the German Experience
Proponents of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) reason that if the disability-related barriers to employment are removed, the goal of full employment for the population with disabilities can be reached. However, some researchers have suggested that the ADA will not be the panacea hoped for by its most ardent supporters. In particular, concerns have been raised about the ability of the ADA to promote employment among the doubly disadvantag…
Macro‐to‐Micro Links in the Relation between Income Inequality and Mortality
A growing literature points to links between income inequality and mortality. Any examination of the link should distinguish, both theoretically and empirically, between shifts in inequality that result from changes in the bottom and top of the income distribution. When state‐level data from the U.S. censuses of 1980 and 1990 were used to measure differences in mortality, the results indicated that inequality measures reflecting depth of poverty …
Ah, A Real Kalabari Woman!”: Reflexivity and the Conceptualization of Appearance
Time? money? both? the allocation of resources to older Parents
We provide estimates of a reduced-form model of the allocation of household time and money resources. We consider four demands for these resources: time spent working, time spent providing care for noncoresident elderly parents, time spent performing house-work, and monetary transfers to noncoresident elderly parents. We focus on the effects of wage rates and parental characteristics on the allocation decisions of adult children and their househo…
Policy Watch: U.S. Disability Policy in a Changing Environment
In this paper we provide a context for evaluating the goals and effectiveness of current disability policy. We review the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs and examine trends in disability benefit receipt and employment among working-age people with disabilities. We discuss the difficulties in crafting efficient and equitable programs for this difficult to target, heterogeneous population. We conclude …
Optimal Indicators of Socioeconomic Status for Health Research
Objectives. In this study we examined the relationship between indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) and mortality for a representative sample of individuals. Methods. The sample included 3734 individuals aged 45 and older interviewed in 1984 in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. In the current study, mortality was tracked between 1984 and 1994 and is related to SES indicators of education, occupation, income, and wealth. Results. Wealth and …
Self-Reported Work-Limitation Data: What They Can and Cannot Tell Us
Despite their widespread use in the literature, the Current Population Survey (CPS) and similar surveys have come under attack of late. We put the criticisms in perspective by systematically examining what the CPS data can and cannot be used for in disability research compared to the National Health Interview Survey. On the basis of our findings, we argue (1) that the CPS can be used to monitor trends in outcomes of those with disabilities and (2…
Daly Et Al. Respond
Braveman and Cubbin are correct in pointing out that the optimal indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) may vary across health outcomes and health behaviors. Indeed, we alluded to this point when we noted that “various measures of SES may summarize different components of overall health risk.” We also agree that systematic evaluation of the importance of various SES measures is required before an “optimal” set can be recommended. That said, we …
Inequality and Poverty in United States: The Effects of Rising Dispersion of Men's Earnings and Changing Family Behaviour
Using semiparametric density estimation techniques, we analyse the effect of rising dispersion of men's earnings and related changes in family behaviour on increasing inequality in the distribution of family income in the United States. For the period 1969–1989, the growing dispersion of men's earnings and changing family structure can account for most of the rise in family income inequality. By contrast, the increase in labour force participatio…
Social Security Disability Insurance: Time for Fundamental Change
Response to Virginia Reno
A Search and Matching Approach to Labor Markets: Did the Natural Rate of Unemployment Rise
The U.S. unemployment rate has remained stubbornly high since the 2007-2009 recession, leading some observers to conclude that structural rather than cyclical factors are to blame. Relying on a standard job search and matching framework and empirical evidence from a wide array of labor market indicators, we examine whether the natural rate of unemployment has increased since the recession began, and if so, whether the underlying causes are transi…
Relative Status and Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Suicide Deaths
We assess the importance of interpersonal income comparisons using data on suicide deaths. We examine whether suicide risk is related to others' income, holding own income and other individual and environmental factors fixed. We estimate models of the suicide hazard using two independent data sets: the National Longitudinal Mortality Study and the National Center for Health Statistics' Multiple Cause of Death Files combined with the 5% Public Use…
Asset-based approaches, older people and social care: An analysis and critique
Asset-based thinking is increasingly prevalent in health policy and is to be found also in discourses on social care. This article explores and critiques the applicability of asset-based approaches to social care for older people, using Carol Bacchi's analytical framework to consider developments in the United Kingdom especially. The problem construction, assumptions and suggested solutions underpinning an asset-based approach are considered in t…
When One Size Does Not Fit All: Modernizing the Supplemental Security Income Program
The federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program is an important part of the safety net in the United States, paying means-tested benefits to children with disabilities, nonelderly adults with disabilities, and elderly individuals. In this article, we describe the eligibility criteria for the program, how these have changed over time, and the impact of these changes on SSI enrollment. We also show that over time, SSI has grown to serve a he…
The Economic Status of People with Disabilities and Their Families since the Great Recession
People with disabilities face substantial barriers to sustained employment and stable, adequate income. We assess how they and their families fared during the long economic expansion that followed the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, using data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) and the March CPS annual income supplement. We find that the expansion bolstered the well-being of people with disabilities and, in particular, their labor …
Economics (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (8 works) · Population (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Demography (5 works)