This paper examines the role of ethnic networks in disability program take-up among working-age immigrants in the … residing amidst a large number of co-ethnics are more likely to receive disability payments when their ethnic groups have … history or income and asset requirements of the disability programs, we also find that social norms and, to a lesser extent …

Anecdotal evidence suggests that Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries intentionally restrain, or â …

Under current law, most Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries are not eligible for Medicare until … 29 months after the Social Security Administration confirms the onset of their disability. During this waiting period …

Administration (SSA) uses to determine eligibility for disability benefits from the Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental …-reported disability status and the SSA's ultimate award decision are noisy but unbiased indicators of a latent .true disability status …

This paper analyzes the importance of policy variables in the context of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI …