An Analysis of Compositional Trends in Social Security Disability Insurance Awards, 1960-1991

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ID12364744
AuthorsThomas N Chirikos (University of South Florida, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume6
Issue1
Pages1-22
Publication date1995-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Disability Policy Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1044-2073 • E-ISSN: 1538-4802
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/104420739500600101
OpenAlexW2085018571
LanguageEN
References cited5

This paper analyzes historical trends in the demographic and health-related characteristics of disabled worker beneficiaries of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program since 1960. Descriptive trend data show SSDI awards are increasingly made not only to younger persons, but also to persons with health impairments that at any age typically require longer durations of program entitlement. As a result, the expected number of years a new awardee stays on the rolls has risen over time, putting additional pressure on already strained program financing. A time-series regression analysis suggests that these compositional trends are shaped by a complex set of external and internal forces, not just a single source of change such as the growth in the population insured for work disability. Health status trends turn out to be especially significant determinants of awards to younger beneficiaries. Some policy implications of compositional changes and their determinants are discussed

Actuarial science · Business · Demographic economics · Descriptive statistics · Disability insurance · Economics · Entitlement (fair division · Political science · Population · Social security · Sociology · Work (physics · Demography · Engineering · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Law · Medicine · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Gerontology

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