Yelin E
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Milbank Q. 1989;67 Suppl 2 Pt 1:114-65.
The Social Security disability insurance program benefits were reduced in the early 1980s, in the belief that income supports induced people to stop working. The action failed to stem the number of program participants from rising, as older men with activity limitations due to chronic disease continued to withdraw from the labor force. Attention paid in this and other instances to work disability derives from the problem's social context, displacing concerns about work loss itself and its effects on workers' lives. While slow growth in the economy as a whole may be a root cause of the problem, policies to address the nature and scope of work disability directly remain adrift.
20世纪80年代初，社会保障残疾保险计划的福利被削减，原因是人们认为收入支持会促使人们停止工作。但这一举措未能阻止该计划参与者数量的增加，因为患有慢性病而活动受限的老年男性继续退出劳动力市场。在这种情况以及其他情况下，对工作残疾的关注源于该问题的社会背景，从而取代了对工作丧失本身及其对工人生活影响的担忧。虽然整体经济增长缓慢可能是该问题的一个根本原因，但针对工作残疾的性质和范围的直接政策仍未确定。
