Childhood‐onset disabilities and lifetime earnings growth: A longitudinal analysis

This study offers insights into lifetime earnings growth differences between individuals with and without childhood‐onset disabilities (COD) defined as disabilities whose onset occurred before an individual's 16th birthday. We use a newly available database linking data from the 2017 Canadian S...

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Published in:Health economics 2023-08, Vol.32 (8), p.1749-1766
Main Authors: Jeon, Sung‐Hee, Park, Jungwee, Kohen, Dafna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age of onset
Canada
Child
Childhood
childhood‐onset disability
Disability
Disabled Persons
Earnings
earnings growth
Health economics
Humans
Income
Income taxes
Individual differences
Labor market
longitudinal analysis
Male
Retirement
Social Security
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Summary:This study offers insights into lifetime earnings growth differences between individuals with and without childhood‐onset disabilities (COD) defined as disabilities whose onset occurred before an individual's 16th birthday. We use a newly available database linking data from the 2017 Canadian Survey of Disability with individual income tax records covering a period of over 3 decades. We estimate the average earnings growth profiles of individuals with COD from the age when individuals generally enter the labor market to the age when most retire. The main finding of our study is that individuals with COD experience very little earnings growth when they are in their mid‐30 and 40s while the earnings of those without COD grow steadily until they reach their late 40s and early 50s. The largest earnings growth differences between individuals with and without COD are observed for male university graduates.
ISSN:1057-9230
1099-1050
1099-1050
DOI:10.1002/hec.4687