The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program
Combining administrative data from the US Army, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Social Security Administration, we analyze the effect of the VA's Disability Compensation (DC) program on veterans' labor force participation and earnings. We study the 2001 Agent Orange decision, a unique...
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| author | Duggan, Mark Greenberg, Kyle Lyle, David S. Autor, David H |
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| description | Combining administrative data from the US Army, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Social Security Administration, we analyze the effect of the VA's Disability Compensation (DC) program on veterans' labor force participation and earnings. We study the 2001 Agent Orange decision, a unique policy change that expanded DC eligibility for Vietnam veterans who served in theater but did not expand eligibility to other veterans of this era, to assess the causal effects of DC enrollment. We estimate that benefits receipt reduced veterans' labor force participation by 18 percentage points, though measured income net of transfer income rose on average. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1102872022-09-29T15:09:22Z The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program Duggan, Mark Greenberg, Kyle Lyle, David S. Autor, David H Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Autor, David H Combining administrative data from the US Army, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Social Security Administration, we analyze the effect of the VA's Disability Compensation (DC) program on veterans' labor force participation and earnings. We study the 2001 Agent Orange decision, a unique policy change that expanded DC eligibility for Vietnam veterans who served in theater but did not expand eligibility to other veterans of this era, to assess the causal effects of DC enrollment. We estimate that benefits receipt reduced veterans' labor force participation by 18 percentage points, though measured income net of transfer income rose on average. United States. Social Security Administration (grant #10-P-98363-1-05 to the National Bureau of Economic Research as part of the SSA Retirement Research Consortium) 2017-06-26T22:28:47Z 2017-06-26T22:28:47Z 2016-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1945-7782 1945-7790 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110287 Autor, David H., Mark Duggan, Kyle Greenberg, and David S. Lyle. “The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA’s Disability Compensation Program†.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 8, no. 3 (July 2016): 31–68. © 2017 American Economic Association https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-9381 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.20150158 American Economic Journal: Applied Economics Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Economic Association American Economic Association |
| spellingShingle | Duggan, Mark Greenberg, Kyle Lyle, David S. Autor, David H The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program |
| title | The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program |
| title_full | The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program |
| title_short | The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program |
| title_sort | impact of disability benefits on labor supply evidence from the va s disability compensation program |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110287 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-9381 |
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