WorkOriented Social Security Disability Beneficiaries Characteristics and EmploymentRelated Activities

This brief discusses the characteristics of working-age individuals receiving Social Security disability benefits and describes their employment success. The findings suggest that beneficiaries fall into three broad groups based on work-related efforts and expectations. For 60 percent, gainful employment seems to be neither a plan nor an option. Of the 40 percent who are interested in working, about 20 percent are actively pursuing and achieving this goal.

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Year of publication:	2009-12-30
Authors:	Livermore, Gina A.
Institutions:	Mathematica Policy Research
Subject:	Social Security Disability Work Oriented Employment SSI \| SSDI \| SGA

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Mathematica Policy Research Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	4 pages long
Classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare ; J - Labor and Demographic Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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