Disability insurance

Using Administrative Data to Validate HRS Survey Responses on Application for DI and SSI Disability Benefits

• July 7, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, Disability insurance, Health and Retirement Study, Supplemental Security Income

In this paper, we use administrative data from the Social Security Administration to validate survey responses for the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) regarding the application for disability benefits from Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI),…

Job Demands and Social Security Disability Insurance Applications

• July 7, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, Disability insurance, Health and Retirement Study

We use data from the Health and Retirement Study to identify the effect of job demands on applications for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits and to assess whether these job demands have been changing among older…

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…

The Effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Social Security Disability Insurance

• March 1, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability insurance, Social Security

Retirement Pensions and Disability Insurance for the 21st Century

• March 1, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Disability, Disability insurance, Retirement

This project estimates the degree of disability risk among the United States and English over-50 populations. Using a disability measure that closely matches the criteria used by English and U.S. disability systems, we find both higher levels of disability in…

Investigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Provision of Workplace Accommodations in the U.S.

• February 24, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability insurance, Disparities

Work Capacity Assessments for Disability Benefit Determinations: An International Comparison

• February 24, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Disability, Disability insurance, International

Investigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Provision of Workplace Accommodations in the U.S.

• January 31, 2023
• Susan Barnes
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability insurance, Disparities

This study used data from a nationally representative survey that follows people 50 and older over time (the Health and Retirement Study) to test whether the receipt of workplace accommodations by persons with work limitations varies by race/ethnicity. Workplace accommodations…

Geographic Variation in Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries’ Mortality Rates

• October 25, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Disability, Disability insurance, Disparities

This project aims to document and understand how SSDI beneficiaries’ mortality rates vary across counties and states, both in absolute terms and relative to nonbeneficiaries in their communities. In addition to describing the geographic dispersion in mortality, we will document…

The Mortality Impacts of the SSDI Waiting Periods

• October 25, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Affordable Care Act, Disability, Disability insurance, Medicare, Mortality trends

Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries face two waiting periods before they receive benefits.  There is a five-month waiting period for cash benefits and a subsequent 24-month waiting period for Medicare benefits.  Because of these rules, some individuals with disabilities may…