Starting Behind: Wage and Employment Differentials Between Young Adults With and Without Disabilities (Journal Article)

We estimate the wage offers and employment of young adults with and without disabilities using National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data.

Characteristics of SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries Who Are Parents

A substantial share of SSI and SSDI beneficiaries are parents of children under age 18. Parent beneficiaries are likely to differ from other beneficiaries not only in terms of their personal characteristics, but also in terms of their income sources and the employment barriers and incentives they face.

The Financial Vulnerability of Former Disability Beneficiaries in Retirement

This brief considers the post-retirement financial well-being of workers based on whether they received Social Security Disability Insurance (DI).

Closures Are the Tip of the Iceberg Exploring the Variation in State Vocational Rehabilitation Programs Exits After Service Receipt

The Transitional Employment Training Demonstration: Analysis of Program Operations

The Youth Transition Demonstration: Lifting Employment Barriers for Youth with Disabilities

The evaluation team is tracking employment, earnings, and benefits, among other outcomes, to assess whether YTD helped youth find jobs and reduced their dependency on SSI and DI. The evaluation also includes a comprehensive study of the implementation of YTD.

Completing the Picture: Key Features of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

This issues brief summarizes the Social Security Disability Insurance Program. Program eligibility and application, caseload growth, benefit amounts, and return-to-work incentives are discussed.

Bending the Employment Income and Cost Curves for People with Disabilities

This issue brief proposes a two-pronged approach for increasing the employment rate for people with disabilities, reducing their reliance on federal support, and increasing their household incomes, while preserving benefits for those who are unable to work. This approach includes introducing an experience-rating...

Initial Impacts of the Ticket to Work Program for Young New Social Security Disability Awardees: Estimates Based on Randomly Assigned Mail Months

This report presents impact estimates for the original Ticket to Work program, prior to the 2008 regulatory changes. Although distribution of Tickets significantly increased service enrollment, there was little evidence of increased suspensions or terminations of benefits due to work.

Predicting Disability Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries Using Claims-Based Indicators

The predictive performance of the regression-based models is better than that of the individual claims-based indicators. At a predicted probability threshold chosen to maximize the sum of sensitivity and specificity, sensitivity is 0.72 for beneficiaries age 65 or older and specificity is 0.65. For those...