Consequences of eliminating federal disability benefits for substance abusers
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Consequences of eliminating federal disability benefits for substance abusers.
Using annual, repeated cross-sections from national household surveys, we estimate how the January 1997 termination of federal disability insurance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), for those with Drug Addiction and Alcoholism affected labor market outcomes among individuals targeted by the legislation. We also examine whether the policy change affected health insurance, health care utilizat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health Economics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0167-6296
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.12.003