Supplemental Security Income

The Effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Supplemental Security Income

August 25, 2023
Susan Barnes
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Disability, Program interaction, Supplemental Security Income

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 and implemented in 1992 with the goal of eliminating discrimination against disabled workers. It did so by requiring employers to accommodate disabled workers and by providing protections against discrimination based…

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),…

Labor-market shocks and historically-disadvantaged-groups’ access to SSI and SSDI

October 15, 2021
Susan Barnes
Disability insurance, Disparities, Labor force participation, Supplemental Security Income

SSI and SSDI uptake are important mechanisms for workers with disabilities adjusting to negative shocks in the labor market. In this project, we aim to determine the extent to which structural barriers have excluded historically disadvantaged groups disproportionately affected by…

The Effect of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Supplemental Security Income

October 15, 2021
Susan Barnes
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Supplemental Security Income

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was introduced in 1990 with the goal of protecting disabled workers. While a number of studies have examined the ADA’s impact on the disabled individuals’ employment, it is important to also understand its impact…

Adding New Variables to the RAND HRS Longitudinal File to Better Support Research on Disability

January 25, 2021
Susan Barnes
Disability, Health and Retirement Study, Supplemental Security Income

In September 2020, the MRDRC held a data development workshop on “Disability Research with the Health and Retirement Study,” where researchers highlighted the importance and richness of the HRS for the study of disability, but identified some challenges to using…

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

December 16, 2020
Susan Barnes
Disability, Supplemental Security Income

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was introduced in 1990 with the goal of protecting disabled workers. While a number of studies have examined the impact of the ADA on the employment of disabled individuals, it is also important to…

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

2018 Key Findings

Predicting Expected Medical Recovery Using Return to Work Among Veterans

November 29, 2018
Susan Barnes
Disability insurance, Supplemental Security Income, Veterans

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and nonelderly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries face strong incentives not to work because their benefits could be sharply reduced. Most beneficiaries of Veterans Affairs (VA) Disability Compensation (DC) face no such incentive. We examine…

A Review of U.S. Federal and State Means-Tested Programs