Productive efficiency in processing social security disability claims: a look back at the 1989–95 surge
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Keywords
Disability determination; Processing time; Productive efficiency; DDS; Dynamic panel; Social security;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
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