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Making Sense of Health-Related Labor-Market Exits and Disability: Evidence from the American Voices Project

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Issues around stigma and deservingness may be particularly salient for people who stop working due to health-related reasons. Although historically those experiencing disability have been viewed as “deserving” of assistance, disability has also been stigmatized. Using the American Voices Project data and narrative and discourse analysis methods, we ask how those with a health-related labor-market exit make sense of their exit. We find that respondents use various words to describe themselves with respect to their exit and that they use legitimization strategies when discussing why they do not work.

Source: RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2024.10.5.03

Authors: James Hiebert, Lillian Kahris, Kristin Seefeldt

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Retirement, Disability, and Employment

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4401976372