Tag: employment
Abstract The paper uses micro-survey data from successive waves of the Panel Study on Income Dynamics to investigate the distribution of wealth and job losses during the 2007-09 recession for different segments of the population and the effect of the recession on the retirement decisions of older workers. Estimates of wealth losses are constructed for…
The brief’s key findings are: Application rates for federal Disability Insurance (DI) vary greatly by state, which has raised concerns that states apply standards inconsistently. However, the main factors driving the variation are health, demographic, and employment characteristics. Interestingly, states that require employers to provide temporary disability insurance have lower DI application rates…
