Dismantling the Poverty Trap: Disability Policy for the 21st Century - Policy Brief

11 Pages Posted: 28 Mar 2006

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David C. Stapleton

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Bonnie O'Day

Cornell University Institute for Policy Research (CUIPR)

Gina A. Livermore

Mathematica Policy Research

Andrew J. Imparato

American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)

Date Written: July 2005

Abstract

Working-age Americans with disabilities are much more likely to live in poverty than other Americans and generally did not share in the economic prosperity of the late 1990s. At the same time, public expenditures to support them are growing at a rate that will be difficult to sustain when the baby boom generation retires and begins to draw Social Security Retirement and Medicare benefits. We argue that this discouraging situation will continue unless we can bring disability programs into line with more contemporary understanding of the capabilities of people with disabilities and successfully implement broad, systemic reforms to promote their economic self-sufficiency. This policy brief summarizes a larger paper (Stapleton, O'Day, Livermore & Imparato, 2005). It suggests principles to guide reforms and encourage debate. Future policy briefs will elaborate on some of these principles.

Suggested Citation

Stapleton, David C. and O'Day, Bonnie and Livermore, Gina A. and Imparato, Andrew J., Dismantling the Poverty Trap: Disability Policy for the 21st Century - Policy Brief (July 2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=892329 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.892329

David C. Stapleton

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Gina A. Livermore

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Andrew J. Imparato

American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) ( email )

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