Tag: disability insurance

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Measuring the Spillover to Disability Insurance Due to the Rise in the Full Retirement Age

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December 2, 2010

Abstract The increase in the full retirement age in the Social Security program provides exogenous variation in the generosity in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, based only on birth year. We exploit this variation to estimate how responsive SSDI applications are to the financial incentive to apply. We find that a 1-percentage-point decreas…

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Accounting for Disability Insurance in the Dynamic Relationship Between Disability Onset and Earnings

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November 23, 2010

Abstract The onset of a work-limiting disability coincides with an immediate decline in earnings with little recovery. This study examines whether this relationship is attributable to the labor disincentives of disability insurance. The data come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation linked to administrative data from the Social Security Administration. The analysis suggests…

Can Faster Growth Save Social Security?

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December 20, 2003

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Forecasting Incidence of Work Limitations, Disability Insurance Receipt, and Mortality in Dynamic Simulation Models Using Social Security Administrative Records: A Research Note

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December 9, 2002
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The Rise in Disability Recipiency and the Decline in Unemployment

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September 7, 2002
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The Supplemental Security Income Program and Incentives to Take up Social Security Early Retirement: Empirical Evidence from Matched SIPP and Social Security Administrative Files

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September 6, 2001