TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bound,John
TI  - The Health and Earnings of Rejected Disability Insurance Applicants
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2816
PY  - 1989
Y2  - August 1989
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2816
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2816.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
John Bound
Department of Economics
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
Tel: 734/998-7149
Fax: 734/998-7415
E-Mail: jbound@umich.edu
AB  - 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.
ER  -