differences in health translate into a substantially higher (30%) risk of applying for disability insurance (DI) in the …

deteriorates physical health, thus increasing the worker's probability of claiming disability insurance benefits. …

Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants and distinguishes it from the discouragement effect of receiving disability benefits … differences in processing speed among disability examiners to whom applicants are randomly assigned, we find that longer …

This paper exploits rarely-used longitudinal data to examine the impacts of disability onset on benefit receipt in … combines propensity score matching with difference-in-differences estimation. Disability onset increases receipt of disability … insurance, a wider measure of sickness and disability benefits, and receipt of non-sickness benefits by six, eight and six …

Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants and distinguishes it from the discouragement effect of receiving disability benefits … differences in processing speed among disability examiners to whom applicants are randomly assigned, we find that longer …

on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation to severe disability, however, is shown to be incomplete. The …