Archive: James Giles

Woman with injury filing insurance documents

Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) provides workers with income while they recover from a serious medical condition.  Some argue that these benefits allow workers to adjust to health shocks and return to the workforce, reducing reliance on Social Security Disability Insurance (DI).  Yet, TDI could also encourage workers to apply for DI benefits by providing…

Senior man looking at phone and holding coffee with a city landscape in background

The U.S. workforce is aging, which has raised concerns about the implications of older workers for businesses and the economy.  However, little research has been conducted on the quantitative value of older workers in recent years.  This paper attempts to fill that gap by linking employee and employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudina…