The Importance of Accommodation on the Timing of Disability Insurance Applications: Results from the Survey of Disability and Work and the Health and Retirement Study

Burkhauser, Richard V.; Butler, J. S.; Kim, Yang-Woo; Weathers, Robert

doi:10.2307/146381

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“…Consequently, as Jette and Badley (2000) lay out, varying levels of accomodation as well as an individual's own personality and characteristics can affect the likelihood of working with a disability. Burkhauser, Butler, Kim, and Weathers (1999) and Burkhauser, Butler, and Gummus (2004) find that following the onset of a work-limiting condition, employer accomodation delays the time between onset and claiming Social Security Disability Insurance benefits.…”

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Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

Munnell

Libby

2008

SSRN Journal

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

Munnell

Libby

2008

SSRN Journal

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“…Most studies on determinants of employer accommodation of disability have focused on the impact of anti-discrimination legislation (e.g., Charles 2005; Burkhauser, Schmeiser and Weathers 2012). 2 Papers examining how various forms of employment support affect the employment trajectory following disability onset have mostly concentrated in the pre-ADA era (i.e., prior to 1992–1994; see Burkhauser, Butler and Kim 1995; Daly and Bound 1995; Burkhauser, Butler, Kim and Weathers 1999) or other countries such as Canada (Campolieti 2005), Denmark (Høgelund and Holm 2014), and The Netherlands (Koning and Lindeboom 2015). 3 …”

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Employer accommodation and labor supply of disabled workers

2016

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We examine the factors that influence employer accommodation of newly disabled workers and how effective such accommodations are in retaining workers and discouraging disability insurance applications. Using the Health and Retirement Study, we find that only a quarter of newly disabled older workers in their 50s are accommodated by their employers in some way following onset of a disability. Importantly, we find that few employer characteristics explain which workers are accommodated; rather, employee characteristics, particularly the presence of personality traits correlated with assertiveness and open communication, are highly predictive of accommodation. We also find that if employer accommodation rates could be increased, disabled workers would be significantly more likely to delay labor force exit for up to two years. However, accommodation does not appear to reduce subsequent disability insurance claiming.

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“…49,50 Provision of workplace accommodations for health impairment has been shown to slow retirement, thus delaying Social Security payments. 51,52 Such efforts will not only serve to stabilize and grow a vital sector of the US healthcare workforce, but may also address the large health inequalities presently seen in the US workforce. 53 …”

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Health Status and Risk Indicator Trends of the Aging US Health Care Workforce

Lee

Fleming

LeBlanc

et al. 2012

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objectives Describe the health status and risk indicator trends in a representative sample of US healthcare workers aged 45+ years. Methods Using pooled data from the 1997–2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), logistic regression analyses were performed to determine if age-group specific morbidity risks differed within occupational subgroups of the healthcare workforce (N=6,509). Health and morbidity trends were examined via complex survey adjusted and weighted Chi-square tests. Results Rates of functional limitation and hypertension increased among diagnosing/assessing healthcare workers. The prevalence of hearing impairment, cancer, and hypertension was 2–3x greater in health diagnosing/assessing workers 60+ years versus younger workers. Healthcare service workers were up to 19x more likely to be obese, compared to workers who diagnose/assess health. Conclusions Healthier workplaces and targeted interventions are needed to optimize the ability to meet healthcare demands of this aging workforce.

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The Importance of Accommodation on the Timing of Disability Insurance Applications: Results from the Survey of Disability and Work and the Health and Retirement Study

Cited by 39 publications

References 11 publications

Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer?

Employer accommodation and labor supply of disabled workers

Health Status and Risk Indicator Trends of the Aging US Health Care Workforce

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