Tag: SSDI

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Abstract This paper examines the relationship between technological progress and the riskiness of labor income using employer-employee matched income data from the United States. Results suggest innovation is associated with a substantial increase in the labor income risk, especially for workers at the top of the earnings distribution. The paper found that: Motivated by a…

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Abstract This report provides an empirical analysis of the impact of the minimum wage on DI claims and awards.  It draws on data from the Social Security Administration’s State Agencies Monthly Workload Dataset, from which a state-by-year panel of DI claims and awards is constructed for 2002-2017 and matched to data on the real effectiv…