Earnings after DI : evidence from full medical continuing disability reviews

Jeffrey Hemmeter and Michelle Stegman Bailey

Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries undergo periodic medical reviews to determine if they continue to be eligible for disability benefits. We examine how these reviews affect beneficiary well-being by using administrative data to track the earnings of beneficiaries for up to 5 years after their reviews. We estimate that a sizeable percentage of beneficiaries would work if their benefits were ceased in a medical review. However, many appear to be unable to maintain employment: only one in three would have earnings over the full follow-up period.

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Hemmeter, Jeffrey ; Bailey, Michelle Stegman
Published in:	IZA journal of labor policy. - Warsaw : Sciendo, ISSN 2193-9004, ZDB-ID 2687583-4. - Vol. 5.2016, 11, p. 1-22
Subject:	Disability Insurance \| Continuing disability review \| Earnings \| Erwerbsminderungsrente \| Disability benefits \| Behinderte \| Disabled persons \| Behindertenpolitik \| Disability policy \| Behinderte Arbeitskräfte \| Disabled workers

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1186/s40173-016-0066-9 [DOI] hdl:10419/154733 [Handle]
Classification:	H51 - Government Expenditures and Health ; H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; J14 - Economics of the Elderly
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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