Social Security Disability Law and the American Labor Market / / Jon C. Dubin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Dubin, Jon C.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 7 b/w illustrations

How social security disability law is out of touch with the contemporary American labor market Passing down nearly a million decisions each year, more judges handle disability cases for the Social Security Administration than civil and criminal cases combined. In Social Security Disability Law and t...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part One: The History and Evolution of Labor Market Considerations in the Social Security Disability Benefits Programs
• 1. The Disability Category and the Congressional Ideal
• 2. The Judicial Gloss
• 3. The Congressional Response
• Part Two: Labor Market Work Adjustment Assessments and the Social Security Administration’s Basic Adjudicative System
• 4. The Official Notice/Administrative Notice Doctrine
• 5. Vocational Expert Evidence and the Vocational Expert Program
• Part Three: The Conceptual and Adjudicative Structure of the Grid Regulations
• 6. “Gridding” the Labor Market Work Adjustment Assessment
• 7. Gaps in the Grid: The Grid’s Adjudicative Framework and Occupational Base Erosion Approach for Work Adjustment Assessments in Grid Exception Cases
• 8. The Adjudicative Use of the Official Notice/Administrative Notice Doctrine in Grid Exception Cases
• Part Four: The Empirical and Taxonomic Foundation for Labor Market Work Adjustment Assessments
• 9. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles in Work Adjustment Assessments
• 10. Progress Toward a New Occupational Taxonomy for Work Adjustment Assessments
• Part Five: Alternatives to the Current SSA Disability System, the Twenty- First Century Low- Skill Labor Market, and the Contemporary Call for Disability BENEFITS Reform
• 11. Introduction to the Debate Over Alternatives to the Current Disability Standard and Program
• 12. Amendments to Simplify Work Adjustment Assessments by Restricting Eligibility: The Elimination of Labor Market and Vocational Factors
• 13. The Twenty- First Century Labor Market for Low- Skill Work
• 14. The Disability Benefits Reform Debate
• 15. Amendments to Simplify Work Adjustment Assessments by Expanding Eligibility: A European- Style Occupational Standard
• 16. Proposals to Impose a “Welfare Reform” Mandatory Work Incentives Model
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index
• About the Author