Earnings after DI: evidence from full medical continuing disability reviews

Jeffrey Hemmeter () and Michelle Stegman Bailey ()
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Jeffrey Hemmeter: Social Security Administration
Michelle Stegman Bailey: Social Security Administration

IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2016, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: Abstract Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries undergo periodic medical reviews to determine if they continue to be eligible for disability benefits. We examine how these reviews affect beneficiary well-being by using administrative data to track the earnings of beneficiaries for up to 5 years after their reviews. We estimate that a sizeable percentage of beneficiaries would work if their benefits were ceased in a medical review. However, many appear to be unable to maintain employment: only one in three would have earnings over the full follow-up period. Further, far fewer would reach any of several measures of earnings sufficiency. JEL codes: H51, H53, I38, J14

Keywords: Disability Insurance; Continuing disability review; Earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1186/s40173-016-0066-9

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