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A small fraction of U.S. workers are on federal disability insurance – about 8 million – but the monthly cash payments are crucial to them because they’re no longer able to work. What stands out in a new study – the first fine-grained picture of who gets the benefits – is that Black Americans are highly reliant…
Do applications for federal disability benefits rise, fall, or remain unchanged when the minimum wage increases? Understanding whether the minimum wage affects disability applications is an important issue as Congress debates an increase in the federal minimum and the states have been very active: 14 states began last year with a higher minimum wage after…
