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The effect of unemployment on disability caseloads in California
Author(s) -
Catalano Ralph,
Kennedy Jae
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of community and applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1099-1298
pISSN - 1052-9284
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199803/04)8:2<137::aid-casp463>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - unemployment , psychology , compensation (psychology) , demographic economics , competition (biology) , social psychology , social policy , economics , sociology , economic growth , market economy , ecology , biology
The hypothesis that competition for jobs is positively related to the likelihood that persons with legislatively defined disabilities will opt for public compensation is tested using aggregate time‐series data from California. Results support the hypothesis. The implications of the findings for social policy are briefly discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.