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may end up relying on public programs such as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income …Each year, millions of workers in the United States develop a chronic illness, disability, or other serious medical … (SSI), Medicare, and Medicaid for income support and health care. …
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This brief details factors that help states and communities successfully implement the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and … Recovery (SOAR) initiative, a program to improve access to disability benefits for people who are homeless. …
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Despite decades of growth in federal disability expenditures, the economic status of people with disabilities has … evidence-based structural changes to slow federal disability expenditure growth and, at the same time, improve the economic …
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Governments in every developed industrial economy administer programs that partially replace the earnings of workers who suffer job loss or on-the-job injury. In addition, governments administer programs to help job losers gain reemployment, either through direct job placement (for those who are...
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We estimate the effects of the implementation of a compulsory work injury insurance in Sweden in 1978 on compensating wage differentials. This involves two steps. First, we investigate if there are compensating wage differentials on the Swedish labor market and second, we assess if these were...
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The large excess fraction of difficult-to-diagnose injuries on Monday was originally thought to reflect employees' use of workers' compensation to cover weekend injuries. However, there has been mixed evidence found supporting this notion. This paper takes advantage of substantial reforms in...
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New Zealand has a unique accident insurance system that pays the direct costs of all accidental injuries and compensates workers 80% of their earnings for any time post-injury that they are unable to work. Statistics New Zealand's Linked Employer-Employee Database contains monthly information on...
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We analyse the impact of harmonising workplace health and safety laws in Australia on workplace injury and disease by estimating effects on the probability of receiving workers compensation in the past year. The introduction of the reform in all but two Australian states created a unique,...
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