The Economic Status of People with Disabilities and Their Families since the Great Recession

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ID5742401
AuthorsLeila Bengali (0000-0002-8580-8070, University of California, Los Angeles), Mary C Daly (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Olivia Lofton (University of California, Los Angeles), Robert G Valletta (University of California, Los Angeles)
Year2021
Volume695
Issue1
Pages123-142
Publication date2021-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027162211022693
OpenAlexW3134458912
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

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 market engagement. We also find that federal disability benefits fell during the expansion. On balance, our results suggest that sustained economic growth can bolster the labor market engagement of people with disabilities and potentially reduce their reliance on disability benefits

Balance (ability) · Current Population Survey · Demographic economics · Disability benefits · Economics · Environmental health · Fell · Geography · Great recession · Income Support · Labour economics · Population · Recession · Social security · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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