Federal Policy and the Rise in Disability Enrollment: Evidence for the VA's Disability Compensation Program
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JEL classification:
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2006-07-09 (Public Economics)
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