Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities What Went Wrong and a Strategy for Change

Name: Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities What Went Wrong and a Strategy for Change
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ISBN: 9780844772158

ISBN-10: 0844772151

ISBN-13: 9780844772158

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard V. Burkhauser, Mary Daly

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List price: $62.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Publication date: 8/11/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 169
Size: 6.57" wide x 9.44" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Illustrations


Introduction


Book Overview


Note to Readers



The Economic Status of People with Disabilities


Relative Economic Status of People with Disabilities


Summary



Lessons From Welfare Reform


Afdc: Goals and Outcomes


From Afdc to Tanf


Elements of Welfare Reform


Changing Incentives


Measuring Success


Lessons for Reforming Disability Policy


Summary



The Adult Disability Determination Process and Growing Adult Disability Rolls


Trends in Health and Work Disability


Defining and Measuring Disability


Other Drivers of Disability Caseloads


Summary



Disability Policy And Disability Decision Making


Disability Policy and Decision Making


Ssdi: Disability Path for Those Who Have Worked


Ssi-Disabled Adults: Disability Path for Those with Limited Work Histories


Summary



Lessons From Dutch Disability Policy Reforms


Disability Caseloads


Path to Disability Benefits in the Netherlands


Lessons for Reforming U.S. Disability Policy


Summary



Disability Policy For Children


Original Rationale and Program Evolution


Growth in the SSI-Disabled Children Program


Disability Policy Welfare Policy, and Disability Decision Making


Unintended Consequences and Long-Term Costs


Summary



Reforming U.S. Disability Policy


Learning from Welfare Reform


Learning from the Dutch Disability Reforms


Reforming U.S. Disability Policy


Reforming Ssdi


Reforming Ssi


Summary


Data Appendix


Sample Definitions


Business Cycles


Income Measures


Employment Measures


U.S. Program Caseloads and Costs


Dutch Program Data


Caseload-to-Worker Ratio


Notes


References


Index


About The Authors