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

by Mary Daly and Richard Burkhauser

The U.S. disability insurance system is an important part of the federal social safety net; it provides financial protection to working-age Americans who have illnesses, injuries, or conditions that render them unable to work as they did before becoming disabled or that prevent them from adjusting to other work. An examination of the workings of the system, however, raises deep concerns about its financial stability and effectiveness. Disability rolls...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844772151
• ISBN13: 9780844772158
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher