Mathematica Center for Studying Disability Policy

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Effects of Suspending In-Person Services at SSA Field Offices on Disability Applications and Allowances

Working Paper by Monica Farid, Michael T. Anderson, Gina Freeman, and Christopher Earles

October 23, 2024

The Role of Continuing Disability Reviews in Child SSI Participation Patterns

Working Paper by Jeffrey Hemmeter, Michael Levere, and David Wittenburg

August 23, 2024

Examining Racial Inequities in BOND Impacts

Working Paper by Amal Harrati, Denise Hoffman, John Jones, and Loni Philip Tabb

August 23, 2024

How Did the Expansion of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Affect Youth Receiving SSI?

Working Paper by Isabel Musse, Todd Honeycutt, and Jeffrey Hemmeter

June 6, 2024

People with Disabilities Were More Cautious in COVID

Squared Away Blog by Kimberly Blanton

February 6, 2024

How Many Medicaid Recipients Might Be Eligible for SSI?

Working Paper by Michael Levere and David Wittenburg

November 30, 2023

Experiences, Behaviors, and Attitudes about COVID-19 for People with Disabilities

Working Paper by Amal Harrati, Marisa Shenk, and Bernadette Hicks

October 25, 2023

Closing Social Security Offices Slowed Benefit Requests

Squared Away Blog by Kimberly Blanton

August 15, 2023

What Happens When Federal Disability Benefits Stop?

Squared Away Blog by Kimberly Blanton

July 27, 2023

The Importance of Schools in Children’s Applications for Disability Benefits

Working Paper by Michael Levere, Jeffrey Hemmeter, and David Wittenburg

March 28, 2023

How Does the Drop in Child SSI Applications and Awards During COVID Vary?

Working Paper by Michael Levere, Jeffrey Hemmeter, and David Wittenburg

March 27, 2023

COVID’s Toll on Minorities with Disabilities

Squared Away Blog by Kimberly Blanton

March 21, 2023

County-Level Drivers of Disability Benefit Claims during COVID

Working Paper by R. Vincent Pohl and David R. Mann

December 19, 2022

Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Experiences among Older Adults with Disabilities

Working Paper by Marisa Shenk, Amal Harrati, Bernadette Hicks, and Ana Quiñones

November 17, 2022

Outcomes Following Termination of Social Security Disability Insurance

Working Paper by Michael T. Anderson, Monica Farid, Serge Lukashanets, Denise Hoffman, and Kai Filion

September 13, 2022

Comparative Regression Discontinuity as Alternative to RCT for Estimating Average Treatment Effects

Working Paper by Duncan Chaplin, Charles Tilley, Denise Hoffman, and John T. Jones

July 19, 2022

Work Overpayments among New Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries

Working Paper by Denise Hoffman, Monica Farid, Serge Lukashanets, Michael T. Anderson, and John T. Jones

July 12, 2022

What Is the Relationship Between Deprivation and Child SSI Participation?

Working Paper by Michael Levere, David Wittenburg, and Jeffrey Hemmeter

May 18, 2022

Employment Outcomes for Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants Who Use Opioids

Working Paper by April Yanyuan Wu, Denise Hoffman, Paul O’Leary, and Dara Lee Luca

February 10, 2022

The Alignment Between Self-Reported and Administrative Measures of Application to and Receipt of Federal Disability Benefits in the Health and Retirement Study

Working Paper by Jody Schimmel Hyde and Amal Harrati

December 14, 2021

Are There “Hot Spots” of Primary Impairments among New SSDI Awardees – and Do We Know Why?

Working Paper by Jody Schimmel Hyde, Anna Hill, Jonathan Schwabish, and Aaron R. Williams

December 8, 2021

Understanding the Local-Level Predictors of Disability Program Flows: New Adult Awards and Beneficiary Work Activity

Working Paper by Jody Schimmel Hyde, Jonathan Schwabish, Paul O’Leary, and Dara Lee Luca

December 7, 2021

Work-Related Overpayment and Benefit Suspension Experiences of Federal Disability Beneficiaries

Working Paper by Marisa Shenk and Gina Livermore

November 1, 2021

Trends in Opioid Use among Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants

Working Paper by April Yanyuan Wu, Denise Hoffman, and Paul O’Leary

March 25, 2021

Financial Security at Older Ages

Working Paper by Barbara A. Butrica and Stipica Mudrazija

December 11, 2020

A Behavioral Economics Assessment of SSDI Earnings Reporting Documents

Working Paper by Denise Hoffman, Jonah Deutsch, and Britta Seifert

November 11, 2020

Scheduling Uncertainty and Employment of Young Adults with Disabilities

Working Paper by Dara Lee Luca and Purvi Sevak

January 13, 2020