Archive: Paul O’Leary
Abstract In this paper, we examine the relationship between self-reported opioid use and employment outcomes among Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants. We followed a sample of 2009 applicants to SSDI for four years after the Social Security Administration (SSA) determined their application outcome. We drew our sample from SSA’s Structured Data Repository (SDR) and…
Abstract This paper examines factors that are associated with area-level benefit awards for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) as well as the work activity of DI and SSI beneficiaries. Although the Social Security Administration (SSA) cannot directly affect state policies or local economic conditions, there is value in understanding t…