Tag: SSDI
The brief’s key findings are: Disability insurance programs, such as Social Security’s SSDI, are designed to provide income yet maintain work incentives. Policymakers need to know what design features most effectively balance these twin goals. State and local programs can be used to study this question because their eligibility rules and benefits vary widely. A…
The brief’s key findings are: Roughly one quarter of state and local workers are not covered by Social Security and get their disability insurance (DI) from their current employer. To compare these state and local DI programs to Social Security, the Center created a new dataset – for public use – on eligibility standards and…
