Tag: disability benefits

Their finances are in the green

Abstract This paper presents a framework for assessing the adequacy of disability benefit programs and then applies that framework to an analysis of two Social Security disability programs in the U.S.: Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income.  The paper draws on survey data from the Health and Retirement Study linked to administrative records…

Social Security Disability Insurance SSDI application form and pen.

Nobody seems to know just why. A colleague was looking into doing a project on Social Security’s Disability Insurance (DI) program, so it forced me to take a look.  If you listened to conversations on DI, you would get the impression that the problem is out of control and the highest national priority is getting…