Immigrant Networks and the Take-Up of Disability Programs: Evidence from US Census Data

Delia Furtado and Nikolaos Theodoropoulos

No 2014-03, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper examines the role of ethnic networks in disability program take-up among workingage immigrants in the United States. We find that even when controlling for country of origin and area of residence fixed effects, immigrants residing amidst a large number of co-ethnics are more likely to receive disability payments when their ethnic groups have higher take-up rates. Although this pattern can be partially explained by cross-group differences in satisfying the work history or income and asset requirements of the disability programs, we also present evidence suggesting that social norms play an important role.

Keywords: Social Security Disability Insurance; Supplementary Security Income; Networks; Social norms; Immigrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 H55 I18 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 pages
Date: 2014-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ias, nep-mig, nep-soc and nep-ure
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Working Paper: Immigrant Networks and the Take-Up of Disability Programs: Evidence from U.S. Census Data (2012)
Working Paper: Immigrant Networks and the Take-Up of Disability Programs: Evidence from US Census Data (2012)
Working Paper: Immigrant Networks and the Take-Up of Disability Programs: Evidence from US Census Data (2012)
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