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Using Administrative Data to Validate HRS Survey Responses on Application for DI and SSI Disability Benefits
(2023-04)
In this paper, we use administrative data from the Social Security Administration to validate survey responses for the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) regarding the application for disability benefits from Social Security ...
How Does Social Security Affect the Racial Wealth Gap?
(2023-03)
The large and persistent gap by race in U.S. household wealth is a well-established empirical fact, though the causal mechanisms for wealth differentials are still a subject of much debate. Previous research on wealth ...
Changes in the Composition of Disability Insurance Applicants and Recipients in the Wake of the Coronavirus Epidemic
(2021-09)
Despite concerns that the enormous economic and health consequences of the COVID pandemic would increase Social Security disability benefit claiming, applications dropped during the first nine months of the pandemic. This ...
Disparities in Social Security Knowledge and the Role of Social Capital
(2023-01)
In this paper, we develop a new survey that seeks to better understand how differences in information sources (both formal and informal) across racial and ethnic groups contribute to knowledge and planning for retirement. ...
The Redesigned Social Security Statement’s Short-Term Impacts on Near Retirees
(2022-09)
In October 2021, the Social Security Administration (SSA) implemented a redesigned Social Security Statement for workers scheduled to be sent a paper Statement or checking their my Social Security online accounts. The new ...
Risk of Large Medical Expenditures at Older Ages and Their Impact on Economic Well-being
(2022-10)
We study out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditure risk of the U.S. population ages 55 and older using data from the Health and Retirement Study and its supplemental survey on household spending. We document trends in ...
Traditional and Nontraditional Earnings: Demographic, Financial, and Beneficiary Patterns
(2023-01)
We use the 2014 and 2018 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation to create a schema of earnings that come from employee and nonemployee sources. Traditional earnings are from a job or incorporated business, ...