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Trends in SSDI Benefit Receipt: More Recent Birth Cohorts are Entering Sooner and Receiving Benefits Longer

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  • Yonatan Ben-Shalom
  • David Stapleton
  • Alex Bryce

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We provide the first publicly available statistics on the extent to which recent successive birth cohorts enter Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and on cross-cohort trends in the average number of years of SSDI benefit receipt among all individuals of a given birth cohort.

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  • Yonatan Ben-Shalom & David Stapleton & Alex Bryce, "undated". "Trends in SSDI Benefit Receipt: More Recent Birth Cohorts are Entering Sooner and Receiving Benefits Longer," Mathematica Policy Research Reports fcf269dc626546faa2d7ce7f2, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    1. Gina Livermore & Purvi Sevak & Marisa Shenk, "undated". "Declining Employment Among a Growing Group of Work-Oriented Beneficiaries, 2005-2015," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 9a3bc96687354dfa811171a8c, Mathematica Policy Research.
    2. Michael Anderson & Yonatan Ben-Shalom & David Stapleton & Emily Roessel, "undated". "The Impact of the Great Recession on SSDI Awards: A Birth-Cohort Analysis," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 83cb127d5a104e99b753ce01c, Mathematica Policy Research.

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