Income from the Social Security Administration (SSA)—through retirement, disability, and family benefits from the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and payments from the Supplemental Security ...

This project investigates the effect of the rate of opioid prescriptions on labor market outcomes (e.g. labor force participation, employment) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application and enrollment. ...

Applications to DI have declined in recent years but extant research shed little light on what has been driving these trends. Research surveys and interviews based on self-report data may not reveal more personal situations ...

With data on occupational task content from O*NET and ORS and survey data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), we document how the physical, cognitive, routine, ...

Despite a large volume of studies on immigrants’ economic incorporation, most studies have focused on foreign-born adults at prime working age and paid little attention to those moving toward retirement. Given that the ...

The decline in defined benefit retirement plans coupled with longer life expectancy has made personal retirement savings a crucial component of a secure retirement. However, many middle-aged adults face economic insecurity ...

For many retirees, the home is their most valuable asset. A house is both used as an investment and for consumption. If a home is paid for at the time when a person retires, they no longer have to service a mortgage or pay ...

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) both play an important role in the assistance offered to low-income households with disabilities, but the interaction of these programs is largely ...

Recent work has demonstrated rising drug overdose mortality following industrial decline due to exposure to foreign trade. Despite experiencing similar declines in manufacturing-sector opportunities, some areas of the ...

Twenty million Americans had a substance use disorder (SUD) in 2014. Nearly 8 million had a co-occurring mental health condition (SAMHSA, 2015). SUDs and mental health are often intertwined but the directionality is less ...