Social Security Administration
Mathematica's Center for Studying Disability Policy is one of two policy research centers that led the Social Security Administration's Disability Research Consortium (DRC). The seven-year cooperative agreement fostered new research from a team of disability policy experts and researchers at Mathematica as well as the University of Illinois-Chicago, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of Washington.
Evidence & Insights From This Project
Responding to Disability Onset in the Late Working Years: What do Older Workers do?
This study uses occupational data from the Health and Retirement Study to document the link between disability onset and occupational transitions among older adults who are working and do not report a disabling condition at age 55.
Learn MoreEmployment Patterns of SSI-First Awardees Who Enter SSDI After Achieving Disability-Insured Status
Could a Rise in Social and Cognitive Limitations Increase Enrollment in Disability Programs?
Recent Changes and Reforms to the United Kingdom’s Income Support Program for People with Disabilities
Making Ends Meet: How Low-Income Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries Meet Their Needs
In What Occupations did SSDI Applicants Work? New Statistics and their Implications for Policy
Quantifying the Health Insurance Needs of Employed and Potentially Employed Persons with Disabilities
Why Are Some SSDI-Only Beneficiaries Poor? Insights from the National Beneficiary Survey
Youth with Disabilities at the Transition Crossroads: Employment and SSA Outcomes after Seeking VR Services
Vocational Factors in the Social Security Disability Determination Process: A Literature Review
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