We track the level of economic well-being of the population of men who began receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits in 1980-81 from the time just after they became beneficiaries (in 1982) to 1991. We present measures of the economic well-being of disabled individuals and their...

The issue of the links between poverty, health, and access to medical care is one that has received considerable attention from a variety of perspectives. Health influences most other activities of life, from the ability to engage in learning to the ability to enjoy life itself. It is therefore...