Archive: Perry Singleton

Cheerful senior man at home looking at his mail

Abstract The onset of a work-limiting disability coincides with an immediate decline in earnings with little recovery. This study examines whether this relationship is attributable to the labor disincentives of disability insurance. The data come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation linked to administrative data from the Social Security Administration. The analysis suggests…

Senior Healthcare Assistance in a Home

Abstract This study examines the effect of work-limiting disabilities on the likelihood of divorce.  Theoretically, the effect depends on the disability hazard at the time of onset and the impact of disability on marital value.  The theory therefore implies, based on a set of empirically supported premises, that the effect of disability on divorce should…