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The Political Economy of the Disability Insurance: Theory and Evidence of Gubernatorial Learning

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  • Radha Iyengar
  • Giovanni Mastrobuoni

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The dramatic rise in the disability insurance (DI) rolls in the last 20 years has been the subject of much controversy.

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  • Radha Iyengar & Giovanni Mastrobuoni, "undated". "The Political Economy of the Disability Insurance: Theory and Evidence of Gubernatorial Learning," Mathematica Policy Research Reports d23a0d1f072848c7ac4bfd5c9, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    1. Norma B. Coe & Kelly Haverstick & Alicia H. Munnell & Anthony Webb, 2011. "What Explains State Variation in SSDI Application Rates?," Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College wp2011-23, Center for Retirement Research, revised Nov 2011.
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    1. Gina Livermore & David Wittenburg & David Neumark, 2014. "Finding alternatives to disability benefit receipt," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Tobias Laun & Johanna Wallenius, 2016. "Social Insurance and Retirement: A Cross-Country Perspective," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 22, pages 72-92, October.
    3. Johanna Wallenius & Tobias Laun, 2013. "The Role of Social Insurance Programs in Accounting for Cross-Country Differences in Retirement Behavior," 2013 Meeting Papers 221, Society for Economic Dynamics.
    4. Manuel Ventura-Marco & Carlos Vidal-Meliá, 2016. "Integrating retirement and permanent disability in NDC pension schemes," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(12), pages 1081-1102, March.

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    Keywords

    Disability insurance; Principal-agent; Social security administration; Monitoring;
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    • I - Health, Education, and Welfare
    • J - Labor and Demographic Economics

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