Human Capital of Disabled Workers

项目摘要 这个项目将提供迄今为止最全面的证据，证明美国是如何。 残障保险制度影响残障劳动者的人力资本。使用新的 概念框架，我们将开发和应用创新的准实验 方法收集新的行政数据，以显示残疾是如何 保险制度不仅诱使有健康问题的工人离开劳动力大军 为了申领福利，也侵蚀了他们的就业能力，而他们等待的时间很长 在多个级别的上诉和审查期间处理申请的时间。我们的方法 将对残疾工人的潜在工作能力做出迄今最好的估计 总体而言，特别是针对年长员工的。这些估计将对设计有用。 有效的改革将促进残疾人更多的劳动力依恋 工人们。

Project Abstract This project will produce the most comprehensive evidence to date on how the U.S. disability insurance system affects the human capital of disabled workers. Using a new conceptual framework, we will develop and apply innovative quasi-experimental methods to newly assembled administrative data in order to show how the disability insurance system not only induces workers with health problems to leave the labor force in order to apply for benefits, but also erodes their employability while they wait out long application processing times during multiple levels of appeal and review. Our approach will produce the best estimates to date of the latent work capacity of disabled workers overall, and of older workers specifically. These estimates will be useful for designing effective reforms that would promote greater labor force attachment among disabled workers.