Demographic trends

Changes in the Composition of Disability Insurance Applicants and Recipients in the Wake of the Coronavirus Epidemic

• June 2, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Demographic trends, Disability insurance, Financial well-being, Health, Labor force participation

Despite concerns that the enormous economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic would increase Social Security disability benefit claiming, applications dropped during the first nine months of the pandemic. This paper uses Social Security Administration data on new program…

Key findings on ethnic, gender, and racial disparities

• May 3, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• COVID-19, Demographic trends, Disability, Disparities, Financial well-being, Health, Older workers

How Redistributive Is the U.S Social Security System Today?

• October 25, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, benefit claiming, Demographic trends, Disparities, Social Security, Social Security spousal benefits, Survivor benefit

This project will quantify the extent of current redistribution within the United States Social Security program, incorporating mortality, marriage, and claiming age differentials by minority status, lifetime earnings, and marital status.

The Impact of Growing Health and Mortality Inequalities on Lifetime Social Security Payouts

• June 1, 2021
• Susan Barnes
• Demographic trends, Disparities, Health and Retirement Study, Mortality trends, OASDI trust funds, Social Security

2020 Key Findings

• May 26, 2021
• Susan Barnes
• Cognition, Demographic trends, Disability, Disparities, Financial well-being, International, Labor force participation, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Mortality trends, Totalization

The Impact of Growing Health and Mortality Inequalities on Lifetime Social Security Payouts

• January 11, 2021
• Susan Barnes
• benefit claiming, Demographic trends, Health and Retirement Study, Mortality trends, OASDI trust funds

The prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other health problems has increased in recent decades in the United States, and there is a growing gap between the health and longevity of individuals with high socioeconomic status (SES) and low SES. These…

Recent Trends in Disability and the Implications for Use of Disability Insurance

• April 21, 2020
• Susan Barnes
• Demographic trends, Disability, Disability insurance, Health, Labor force participation, Older workers, Supplemental Security Income

Recent Trends in Disability and the Implications for Use of Disability Insurance

• April 16, 2020
• Susan Barnes
• Demographic trends, Disability, Disability insurance

Abstract: The health of the working-aged population is a key driver of enrollment in and spending by the two most important federal disability programs, Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Recent studies have found that some…

2019 RDRC Meeting: Trends in Disability and the Use of Disability Insurance

• July 17, 2019
• Susan Barnes
• Demographic trends, Disability, Disability insurance

Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) is the nation’s most important public support for the working-age population with disabilities. The health of this population is a key driver of enrollment and spending in the DI program and the related Supplemental Security…