This paper examines self-employment rates among workers with work limitations and disabilities in the US. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we show that, during the 1989-2009 period, those with work limitations were more likely to be self-employed in unincorporated businesses than...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction & Overview / Jessica Gordon Nembhard & Ngina Chiteji -- I. Measurement & Methodology -- 1. Wealth Measurement: Issues for People of Color in the United States / Wilhelmina A. Leigh -- 2. Estimating the...

This paper investigates the link between disability and subjective wellbeing, using data from the 2009 Disability and Use of Time supplement to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the longest running national panel study in the United States. Disability is construed broadly to include both the...