-existing disadvantage among those who become disabled (a ¿selection¿ effect), the effect of disability onset itself, and the effects … associated with remaining disabled post-onset. We show that employment rates fall with disability onset, and continue to fall the … longer a disability spell lasts, whereas average income falls sharply with onset but then recovers subsequently (though not …

experience of the same disability, or representative samples of the general public). Indeed, assessors’ preferences may be … influenced by their own situation and they are likely to vary according to age and the experience of disability. Three options …

In the early 2000s, nearly two million men – and less than one million women – were eligible for disability benefits in …, age, professional background, and last but not least on the disability itself. …

occupationally disabled by the PES. Simi-lar to the studies on disability retirement and self-reported disability we find that men …

job losers with disabilities not returning to employment but instead becoming disability retirees. Although the earnings …

Stories about disability are heavily shaped by the narratives offered by medicine and society. Those narratives enact …