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What Factors Explain the Drop in Disability Insurance Rolls from 2015 to 2019?

Working Paper by Siyan Liu and Laura D. Quinby

May 24, 2023

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 of…

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Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement

Working Paper by Richard W. Johnson, Melissa M. Favreault, and Corina Mommaerts

November 22, 2009

Abstract A patchwork of public programs—primarily Social Security Disability Insurance (DI), workers’ compensation, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and veterans’ benefits—provides income supports to people unable to work. Yet, questions persist about the effectiveness of these programs. This report examines the economic consequences of disability for a sample of Americans observed from age 51 to 64…