Tag: disability benefit

Abstract This report provides an empirical analysis of the impact of the minimum wage on DI claims and awards. It draws on data from the Social Security Administration’s State Agencies Monthly Workload Dataset, from which a state-by-year panel of DI claims and awards is constructed for 2002-2017 and matched to data on the real effectiv…

The CRR Issue in Brief “Why Did Disability Insurance Allowance Rates Rise in the Great Recession?” has been temporarily removed from our website, because the analysis (using sample data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation) shows allowance rates that consistently differ from the Social Security Administration’s more comprehensive administrative data. We will soon…