Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dynamics of SSA's Disability Programs -- 3 Conceptual Issues in Defining Work Disability -- 4 Survey Measurement of Disability -- 5 A Work Disability Monitoring System -- 6 Improving the Disability Decision Process -- 7 Enhancing SSA's Research Capacity -- References -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix A Committee Meetings and Presenters of Testimony -- Appendix B Workshop Agendas and Presenters -- Appendix C Committee Recommendations -- Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability -- Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability -- SSA's Disability Determination of Mental Impairments: A Review Toward an Agenda for Research -- Survey Design Options for the Measurement of Persons with Work Disabilities -- Persons with Disabilities and Demands of the Contemporary Labor Market -- Index.