Applications, Denials, and Appeals for Social Security Disability Insurance

Social security disability insurance and supplemental security income programs.

The financial outlook for the Social Security Disability Insurance program.

How policy variables influence the timing of applications for Social Security Disability Insurance.

This article analyzes the impact of policy variables--employer accommodations, state Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) allowance rates, and DI benefits--on the timing of an application for DI benefits by workers with a work-limiting health condition starting when their health condition first begins to bother them. The analysis uses a rich mixture of personal and employer characteristics...

The growth in applications for Social Security Disability Insurance: a spillover effect from workers' compensation.

We investigate the determinants of application for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits in approximately 45 jurisdictions between 1981 and 1999. We reproduce findings of previous studies of the determinants of DI application then test the additional influence of changes to workers' compensation program benefits and rules on DI application rates. Our findings indicate that the prog...

Historical redistribution under the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.

This study uses Social Security administrative data on historical taxes and benefits by year, age, gender, and race for an ex post analysis of redistribution under the Disability Insurance (DI) program. The relationship between the taxes paid and benefits received to date under the program is described for successive cohorts as a whole and for specific race and gender groups both within cohorts...