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Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Return-to-Work Programs

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  • Maura Bardos
  • Hannah Burak
  • Yonatan Ben-Shalom

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Each year, millions of workers in the United States develop a chronic illness, disability, or other serious medical problem that puts them at risk of exiting the labor force.

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  • Maura Bardos & Hannah Burak & Yonatan Ben-Shalom, "undated". "Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Return-to-Work Programs," Mathematica Policy Research Reports f026d4c34bc543218ea80d710, Mathematica Policy Research.
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