Tag: disability incidence
Abstract In 2015, the number of individuals receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits began to drop for the first time in two decades. This drop was caused by a wave of terminations, as beneficiaries aged into the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program, combined with a steep decline in the incidence rate (the number…
The brief’s key findings are: Jobless individuals tend to delay applying for disability insurance (SSDI) until their extended unemployment insurance (UI) runs out. Those who do apply for SSDI while still on unemployment are more likely to be approved, suggesting they are less healthy than those who delay. UI extensions do not appear to reduc…