Joyce Manchester

Overview

Economist at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Co-author of the longitudinal study of employment and earnings trajectories for allowed and rejected DI applicants.

Key Contributions / Features

• Employment and earnings of allowed and rejected DI applicants (von Wachter, Song, and Manchester 2011): Co-authored the AER paper linking SSA application records (1981–1999) to W-2 earnings data, documenting employment and earnings outcomes for DI applicants by application outcome, age, impairment type, and cohort. See DI Denied Population.

Related

• Till von Wachter
• Jae Song
• Disability Insurance Program
• DI Denied Population

Sources

• Von Wachter Song and Manchester 2011 — Trends in Employment and Earnings of Allowed and Rejected Applicants to the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
• Bound Lindner and Waidmann 2014 — Reconciling Findings on the Employment Effect of Disability Insurance