An analysis of military disability compensation / Richard Buddin, Kanika Kapur
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- Buddin, Richard J., 1951-
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- Description:
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- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2005
- xxviii, 99 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0833038257
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- Preface iii
- Figures vii
- Tables ix
- Summary xi
- Background xi
- Purpose xiii
- Civilian Labor Market Opportunities for Disabled Retirees xiv
- Conclusions xvii
- Military and Civilian Philosophies of Disability Compensation Differ xvii
- Both Military and Civilian Systems Face Substantial Program Growth xvii
- Disability Payments Are Adequate to Offset Most Labor Market Losses from
- Military-Related Disabilities xvii
- The Military Disability System is Complex xviii
- Measuring Disabilities xix
- Recommendations xix
- Acknowledgments xxi
- Abbreviations xxiii
- 1. Introduction 1
- Economic Rationale for Disability Insurance 2
- Purpose of This Research 3
- Data 3
- Structure of the Report 4
- 2. Background and Trends in Military Disability Compensation 5
- VA Disability Payments 5
- Groups of Military Retirees 9
- DoD and VA Roles in Disability Ratings 11
- Trends in Military-Related Disability 12
- 3. Review of Civilian Disability Programs 15
- Workers' Compensation 15
- Short-Term Disability Benefits 17
- Long-Term Disability Benefits 19
- Disability Retirement 21
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) 21
- Supplementary Security Income 22
- Disability Management by Civilian Employers 22
- Effects of Disability Insurance on Labor Market Outcomes 25
- 4. Prototypes of Employer Disability Plans 28
- A Non-Work Disability in a Private, Nonprofit Employer 28
- A Non-Work Disability in a Private, Government-Contracting Firm 29
- A Disability at a Private, Technology-Based Firm 29
- A Work-Related Injury in a Private Firm 29
- A Disability in a Large, Service-Sector Firm 30
- A Non-Work Related Injury in the Military 30
- A Work-Related Injury in the Police and Firefighters' System 30
- A Non-Work Related Injury in the Police and Firefighters' System 31
- A Work-Related Injury for a Federal Employee 31
- 5. Labor Force Outcomes for Military Retirees 32
- Labor Force Participation 37
- Earnings of Full-Time Workers 43
- Methods 43
- Results 46
- Earnings of Full- and Part-Time Workers 56
- Methods 56
- Results 57
- Earnings of Workers and Non-Workers 64
- Methods 64
- Findings 65
- Summary of Chapter 70
- Conclusions and Final Observations 73
- Different Philosophies of Military and Civilian Disability Insurance 73
- Labor Market Outcomes for Disabled Retirees 74
- Managing Military Disability Compensation 75
- Measuring Disabilities 75
- Appendix A. Descriptive Statistics for Regression Variables in Chapter 5
- 77
- References 81
- Figures
- Figure 2.1; Trends in disability for recent retiree cohorts 13
- Figure 3.1; Percent of civilian employers offering STD and LTD for their
- employees. 20
- Figure 3.2; Trends in civilian disability payments 22
- Figure 5.1; Differences in civilian labor force participation of military
- retirees by age 34
- Figure 5.2; Distribution of ratings for disabled military retirees (age less
- than 62) 35
- Figure 5.3; Labor force status of military retirees by disability status (age
- less than 62) 36
- Figure 5.3; Self-reported effects of a health problem or disability on the
- type or amount of civilian work for military retirees by labor market
- status (age less than 62 retirees). 42
- Figure 5.4; Self-reported effects of a health problem or disability on the
- type or amount of civilian work for military retirees by rating and
- labor market status (age less than 62 retirees). 43
- Tables
- Table 2.1 All Veteran's Receiving Disability Compensation in FY2003 7
- Table 2.2 Monthly Compensation Table for Military Disabilities 8
- Table 2.3 Veteran's Who Began Receiving Disability Compensation in
- Fy2003 9
- Table 3.1 A Comparison of Military Disability and Civilian Workers'
- Compensation 17
- Table 3.2 Features of Disability Benefits (Results
- from Mercer's Employer Survey) 24
- Table 5.1 Effects of Military-Related Disability on Labor Force
- Participation, Weeks Worked per Year, and Usual Hours per Week 39
- Table 5.2 Log Earnings Regression Specifications for Military Retirees Who
- Work Full-Time 48
- Table 5.3 Comparison of Non-Medical Retiree Earnings and Disability
- Compensation by Disability Rating for Full-Time Workers 52
- Table 5.4 Comparison of Medical Retiree Earnings and Disability
- Compensation by Disability Rating for Full-Time Workers 53
- Table 5.5 Log Earnings Quantile Regression Specifications for Full-Time
- Workers 55
- Table 5.6 Log Earns Regression Specifications for Military Retirees Who
- Work Full- or Part-Time 59
- Table 5.7 Comparison of Non-Medical Retiree Earnings and Disability
- Compensation by Disability Rating for Full- and Part-Time Workers
- 61
- Table 5.8 Comparison of Medical Retiree Earnings and Disability
- Compensation by Disability Rating for Full- and Part-Time Workers
- 63
- Table 5.9 Earnings Regression Specification for All Military Retirees (Zero
- Earnings Assigned to Non-Workers) 66
- Table 5.10 Comparison of Non-Medical Retiree Earnings and Disability
- Compensation by Disability Rating 68
- Table 5.11 Comparison of Medical Retiree Earnings and Disability
- Compensation by Disability Rating for Participants and Non-
- Participants 69
- Table A.1 Means and Standard Deviations for Full-Time Workers 78
- Table A.2 Means and Standard Deviations for Full- and Part-Time
- Workers (All Labor Force Participants) 79
- Table A.3 Means and Standard Deviations for All Retirees 80.
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- "MG-369-OSD."--P. 4, cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99)
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