This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … onset of a disability by around 138%. However, health shocks are relatively rare events and therefore the larger part of … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment …

skills, Nonverbal Learning Disability indicators, disability manifestation, and the dilemmas faced by caregivers and …

the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest …be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … disability and grade repetition questions from the school enrollment supplement to the 1992 Current Population Survey to estimate …