Replication data for: Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Nicole Maestas; Kathleen J. Mullen; Alexander Strand
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Project Citation:
Maestas, Nicole, Mullen, Kathleen J., and Strand, Alexander. Replication data for: Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112658V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We present the first causal estimates of the effect of Social Security
Disability Insurance benefit receipt on labor supply using all program
applicants. We use administrative data to match applications to
disability examiners and exploit variation in examiners' allowance
rates as an instrument for benefit receipt. We find that among the
estimated 23 percent of applicants on the margin of program entry,
employment would have been 28 percentage points higher had they
not received benefits. The effect is heterogeneous, ranging from
no effect for those with more severe impairments to 50 percentage
points for entrants with relatively less severe impairments.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Time Period(s):
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1/1/2005 – 12/31/2006
Universe:
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All Social Security Disability Insurance applicants
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data
Methodology
Data Source:
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Social Security Administration Disability Operational Data Store (DIODS)
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Individuals,
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