Tag: SSDI
Abstract This paper examines factors that are associated with area-level benefit awards for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) as well as the work activity of DI and SSI beneficiaries. Although the Social Security Administration (SSA) cannot directly affect state policies or local economic conditions, there is value in understanding t…
About one in five people on federal disability has some type of job, but the government limits how much they can earn without jeopardizing their cash benefits. The Social Security Administration wants disability beneficiaries to hold down a job if they can. But when they earn more than the allowed limit in a given mont…
