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Do Stronger Age Discrimination Laws Make Social Security Reforms More Effective?
by David Neumark and Joanne Song
WP 2011-249
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- Using Health and Retirement Study data with linked Social Security Administration records, we find that 28 percent of individuals who experienced a work limitation while employed received an accommodation.
- The probability of receiving an accommodation increased in the post-1992 period following the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Our estimates confirm that accommodation effectively reduces the probability of application for SSDI following the onset of a work limitation.
- Providing an employee with an accommodation after the onset of a work limitation would reduce applications to the SSDI program by 27 percent within a year and 30 percent within five years of onset.
- These findings suggest that the provision of workplace accommodations would be an effective strategy for reducing applications for SSDI benefits, and potentially the number of people receiving SSDI.
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