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Federal program expenditures for working-age people with disabilities: Research Report

Author
Goodman , Nanette; Stapleton, David C.
Abstract
Public assistance programs are important sources of support for working-age people with disabilities in the United States. Using a variety of information sources, the authors estimate that the federal government spent $226 billion in 2002 on working-age people with disabilities, including both cash and in-kind benefits. These expenditures account for about 2.2 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 11.3 percent of all federal outlays. States contributed an additional $50 billion under federal-state programs. The bulk of these expenditures provided income support and health care to working-age people with disabilities who were not employed or had very low earnings. The authors provide a detailed accounting of the expenditures and question whether the distribution of expenditures is properly aligned with the evolving disability paradigm.
Date Issued
2005-01-01Subject
benefits; charts; data; developmental disabled; disabilities; disability; Disability Employment Research; EDIcat4-DER; disability policy; Disability Programs; disability statistics; disable; disabled; disablement; disabling; earnings; economic; economics; economy; employ; employing; employment; estimates; Federal Insurance Contributions Act; FICA; figures; graphs; Guiding Principles; handicap; handicapped; impairment; information; Insurance; Labor Market; learning disability; limitation; long term disability; maternity leave; mental handicap; mental retardation; numbers; OASDI; Old Age; Survivors and Disability; Old Age; Survivors; and Disability Insurance; paternity leave; physical disability; policies; policy; procedures; public policy; public programs; regulation; retirement; rules; self-employment; short term disability; social security; Social Security; Social Security Disability Insurance; special need; SSDI; SSDI; SSI; statistic; statistics; stats; statute; Supplemental Security Income; work
Type
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