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The Impact of the Great Recession on SSDI Awards: A Birth-Cohort Analysis

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  • Michael Anderson
  • Yonatan Ben-Shalom
  • David Stapleton
  • Emily Roessel

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We use state variation in the experience of the Great Recession and subsequent recovery to explain the deviation of Social Security Disability Insurance awards from historical trends in the period from 2008 through 2014.

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  • Michael Anderson & Yonatan Ben-Shalom & David Stapleton & Emily Roessel, "undated". "The Impact of the Great Recession on SSDI Awards: A Birth-Cohort Analysis," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 83cb127d5a104e99b753ce01c, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    Social Security Disability Insurance; SSDI; business cycle; recession; employment; Great Recession;
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