Archive: COVID-working papers
This paper examines high-frequency patterns that occur in the experiences with, behaviors during, and attitudes toward COVID-19 among people with disabilities since the pandemic began. It also examines the timing and predictors of plans to apply for Social Security benefits as a result of the pandemic. It uses biweekly and monthly data from the Understanding…
Child applications and awards for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) fell sharply at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cumulative applications from April to September 2020 were about 30 percent lower than applications over the same period in 2019. Yet the decline varied substantially across local areas. In this paper, we explore the factors correlated wit…
