) Social Security Disability (SSD) beneficiaries first awarded benefits between 1996 and 2007, particularly differences between …

Roughly 21 million women (15.6 percent of all women) in the U.S. have a disability. For women ages 21 to 64—the years … during which people are most likely to be employed—about 13 percent, or 11 million, have a disability. This article … work limitation live in households below the poverty level, as compared to about 26 percent of men with a work limitation. …

, poverty, and other measures. This book reviews what current data on this population can and cannot tell us, as well as how … be accomplished by the use of common disability-related questions on existing survey data sets; expansion and …

experience several types of material hardships. The findings indicate that disability is an important determinant of material … or kind of work they can perform. The findings provide support for policies that account for disability … poverty measure overstates the relative economic well-being of people with disabilities. …

Disability Insurance (SSDI)-only beneficiaries who meet the federal definition of poor, compared with those who live in higher …-income households. The findings help explain why many fall into poverty despite the support of SSDI. …

disability measure used, annual poverty rates are two to five times higher among people with disabilities, compared to those … poverty, and 65 percent of those in poverty according to a long-term measure. Disability may receive little attention in the … between long-term poverty and long-term disability, as well as outdated perceptions of the relationship between disability and …

in a flexible and efficient manner to improve their standard of living. Current disability allowance programs in the … how the international literature on the extra costs of disability could contribute to an assessment of the United Kingdom …’s Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA) programs. …

disincentives. Systematic tests of broader rehabilitation and disability support approaches could help address limitations in the …This paper examines employment-focused policies in the U.S. disability system and summarizes rigorous evaluations of … promoting employment, given that many interventions have gone untested and most U.S. disability programs include work …