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Economic Outcomes of Working-Age People with Disabilities over the Business Cycle: An Examination of the 1980s and 1990s

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: We examine the rate of employment and the household income of the working-age population (aged 25-61) with and without disabilities over the business cycles of the 1980s and 1990s using data from the March Current Population Survey and the National Health Interview Survey. In general, we find that while the employment of working-age men and women with and without disabilities exhibited a procyclical trend during the 1980s business cycle, this was not the case during the 1990s expansion. During the 1990s, the employment of working-age men and women without disabilities continued to be procyclical, but the employment rates of their counterparts with disabilities declined over the entire 1990s business cycle. Although increases in disability transfer income replaced a significant fraction of their lost earnings, the household income of men and women with disabilities fell relative to the rest of the population over the decade.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series

DOI: 10.24148/wp2001-07

Authors: Richard V. Burkhauser, Mary C. Daly, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Andrew J. Houtenville, Nigar Nargis

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Cornell University, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Federal Reserve

Language: English

Topic: Disability Education and Employment

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, No poverty, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research