The Economic Status of People with Disabilities and Their Families since the Great Recession

Leila Bengali, Mary C. Daly, Olivia Lofton and Robert Valletta

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2021, vol. 695, issue 1, 123-142

Abstract: People with disabilities face substantial barriers to sustained employment and stable, adequate income. We assess how they and their families fared during the long economic expansion that followed the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, using data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) and the March CPS annual income supplement. We find that the expansion bolstered the well-being of people with disabilities and, in particular, their labor market engagement. We also find that federal disability benefits fell during the expansion. On balance, our results suggest that sustained economic growth can bolster the labor market engagement of people with disabilities and potentially reduce their reliance on disability benefits.

Keywords: disability; employment; income; program participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/00027162211022693

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