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SUBMITTER: Mueller AI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5521010 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mueller Andreas I AI Rothstein Jesse J von Wachter Till M TM
Journal of labor economics 20151216 Suppl
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) awards rise during recessions. If marginal applicants are able to work but unable to find jobs, countercyclical Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit extensions may reduce SSDI uptake. Exploiting UI extensions in the Great Recession as a source of variation, we find no indication that expiration of UI benefits causes SSDI applications and can rule out effects of meaningful magnitude. A supplementary analysis finds little overlap between the two programs' ...[more]