Can Benefits and Work Incentives Counseling be a Path to Future Economic Self-Sufficiency for Individuals with Disabilities?

Zafar E. Nazarov ()
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Zafar E. Nazarov: Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne

Journal of Labor Research, 2016, vol. 37, issue 2, No 4, 234 pages

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, I estimate the relationship between benefit counseling and work incentive services and various labor market outcomes in the case of Supplemental Security Income /Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries who from 2003 to 2009 participated in the Vocational Rehabilitation programs in New York State. Using the propensity score matching approach, I find that counseling services can increase the probability of successful case closure by 5.2 percentage points. At the same time, these services can increase the earnings and working hours of beneficiaries by $42 and 3.3 h per week, respectively. Moreover, there is a $0.59 per hour increase in the wage rate for service recipients. From these results I conclude that providing benefit counseling and work incentive services helps beneficiaries who have strong employment goals achieve financial independence.

Keywords: Disability; Employment; Working hours; Weekly earnings; Propensity score matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 J21 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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