-being caused by own and spousal disability using panel-regressions. I find that women and to a lesser extent men are harmed by … spousal disability which is consistent with the existence of other-regarding preferences within couples. The magnitude of … effects suggests that spousal disability is about one quarter to one half as harmful as individual disability with larger …

-being caused by own and spousal disability using panel-regressions. I find that women and to a lesser extent men are harmed by … spousal disability which is consistent with the existence of other-regarding preferences within couples. The magnitude of … effects suggests that spousal disability is about one quarter to one half as harmful as individual disability with larger …

In this paper, I contrast the effects of individual and spousal disability on subjective wellbeing and labor supply … their propensity to work when they or their partner become disabled. The effects of spousal disability are economically … large. I find no evidence for hours and wage adjustments by spousal disability, although there are wage effects of …

, underestimating one's life satisfaction 5 years later was related to lower hazard ratios for disability (n = 735 became disabled) and …

. Research has shown that the presence of a disability can crowd out treatment for medical conditions not necessarily related to … the disability and that states that are disproportionately African-American have a lower quality of hospital care. This … paper uses quality of care data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine whether disability …

entire early retirement system, which often includes extended UI and relaxed access to disability insurance (DI). We argue …

entire early retirement system, which often includes extended UI and relaxed access to disability insurance (DI). We argue …

disability rates. These improvements were larger for those born in states with higher pre-intervention pneumonia mortality rates … exception of cognitive disabilities for men and, in some specifications, work disability for men and family income, estimates …

disability programs in four countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. We show how growth in the receipt … of publically provided disability benefits has fluctuated over time and discuss how policy choices played a role. Based …