The 1984 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation is used to estimate the extent of labor market discrimination against men with disabilities. Men with disabilities are classified into a group with impairments that are subject to prejudice (handicapped) and a group with...

Analyzes the ways in which a low-income family reacts to the disability of its primary age earner, the male head of the family. Details of the economic effects of disability on the family; Wife as the substitute wage earner; Ways in which a family can cut expenses to reduce its cost of living....

When labor supply curves are upward-sloping, wage discrimination against black men reduces not only their relative wages, but also their relative employment rates. Using data from the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation, the authors estimate wage discrimination against black men and,...

This paper analyzes the adequacy and equity of compensation to the survivors of 560 men who died between 1967 and 1977 from workplace exposure to asbestos. Data were gathered in interviews with the men's widows, who received compensation primarily from workers' compensation, social insurance,...

This paper attempts to provide a conceptual and statistical basis for future research into the problem of disability and its economic costs. The concept of a "workmen's disability income system" is introduced as a means of defining the boundaries of the problem. The rationale for the existence...