@techreport{NBERw2816,
 title = "The Health and Earnings of Rejected Disability Insurance Applicants",
 author = "John Bound",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "2816",
 year = "1989",
 month = "August",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w2816",
 abstract = {Applicants for Social Security Disability Benefits who fail to pass the medical screening form a natural 'control' group for beneficiaries. Data drawn from the 1972 and 1978  surveys of the disabled done for the Social Security Administration show that fewer than 50% of rejected male applicants work. Typical earnings of those that do are less than 50% of median earnings for other men their age. These data cast doubt on recent econometric work which suggests that the disincentive effects of DI have been substantial.},
}