"Growth in Disability Benefits: Explanations and Policy Implications" by Kalman Rupp Editor and David C. Stapleton Editor
 

Publication Date

1-1-1998

DOI

10.17848/9780880995665

Abstract

This collection of original papers reveals why caseloads of the nation's two largest income entitlement programs for disability - Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - have soared.

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Download 1. Introduction / Kalman Rupp, David C. Stapleton (1.2 MB)

Download 2.Empirical Analysis of DI and SSI Application and Award Growth / David Stapleton, Kevin Coleman, Kimberly Dietrich, Gina Livermore Comments on Chapter 2 / Edward Yelin, Paul R. Cullinan, Richard G. Frank (4.0 MB)

Download 3. The Impact of Health Care Costs and Medicaid on SSI Participation / Aaron S. Yelowitz Comments on Chapter 3 / Barbara Wolfe (1.6 MB)

Download 4. Determinants of Duration on the Disability Rolls and Program Trends / Kalman Rupp and Charles G. Scott Comments on Chapter 4 / Daniel Mont (1.8 MB)

Download 5. Characteristics of SSI and DI Recipients in the Years Prior to Receiving Benefits / Mary C. Daly Comments on Chapter 5 / Daniel Mont, Virginia Reno (1.5 MB)

Download 6. The Growth in Disability Programs as Seen by SSA Field Office Managers / L. Scott Muller and Peter M. Wheeler (966 KB)

Download 7. The Ending of General Assistance and SSI Disability Growth in Michigan / John Bound, Sherrie Kossoudji, Gema Ricart-Moes (1.7 MB)

Download 8. Lessons from Case Studies of Recent Program Growth in Five States / Gina Livermore, David Stapleton, and Andrea Zeuschner Comments on Chapters 6, 7, 8 / Martha R. Burt, Barbara Henry Bordelon (1.8 MB)

Download 9. Growth in Federal Disability Programs and Implications for Policy / Gilbert Fisher and Melinda Upp (561 KB)

Download 10. The View from SSA's Philadelphia Regional Office / Larry Massanari (445 KB)

Download 10. The View from SSA's Concord, New Hampshire, District Office / Celeste Hemingson (384 KB)

Download 10. The View from Michigan's Office of Disability Determination / Charles Jones (438 KB)

Download 11. The Perspective of a Public Trustee / Stanford G. Ross (363 KB)

Download 11. Unsustainable Growth: Preserving Disability Programs for Americans with Disabilities / Andrew I. Batavia (777 KB)

Download 11. Policy Implications fo Recent Growth in Beneficiaries with Mental Illness / Howard H. Goldman (365 KB)

Download 11. Rethinking the Social Security Disability Programs: Causes and Options / Jane L. Ross (455 KB)

Download 11. Policy Changes to Improve Market Outcomes / Carolyn L. Weaver (464 KB)

Download 12. Return to Work for SSI and DI Beneficiaries: Employment Policy Challenges / Susan M. Daniels and Jane West (398 KB)

Download 12. Policies to Make Work Pay for People with Disabilities / Richard V. Burkhauser (483 KB)

Download 12. Private Sector Disability Management Activities and the Social Security Disability Program / Patricia M. Owens (298 KB)

Download 12. The Promise and Limitations fo Employment Policies for Current SSI Recipeints / Craig Thornton (868 KB)

Download 13. Summing Up: Reflections on the Past and Future of Disability Policy / Richard V. Burkhauser (923 KB)

Contents

PART I. Empirical Analyses of the National Experience

PART II. A Closer Look at State and Local Experiences

PART III. Perspective on Program Growth and Policy

Note

Papers based on the conference that was held in Washington, DC entitled "The Social Security Administration's Disability Programs: Explanations of Recent Growth and Implications for Disability Policy" on July 20-21, 1995.

ISBN

9780880991889 (cloth) ; 9780880991872 (pbk.) ; 9780880995665 (ebook)

Subject Areas

UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Workers compensation and disability; Disability

Growth in Disability Benefits: Explanations and Policy Implications

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Rupp, Kalman and David C. Stapleton, eds. 1998. Growth in Disability Benefits: Explanations and Policy Implications. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880995665

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