Tag: racial disparities
This paper advances an analytic approach to analyzing the full impact, both direct and indirect, of disparities by race, ethnicity and gender using structural equation modeling (SEM) and demonstrates its empirical application for adults ages 55-64 across a range of outcomes related to disability, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applications, and SSDI participation. The paper…
This paper compares Social Security outcomes for non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white beneficiaries and assesses the capacity of various benefit enhancements to narrow racial and ethnic disparities in Social Security benefits. Using the Dynamic Simulation of Income Model 4 (DYNASIM4), we project, under current law and each benefit enhancement, lifetime Social Security benefits…
