Older workers who develop significant limitations in health or functioning face declines in
income and consumption and an increased likelihood of poverty in the years prior to …

Evidence suggests that older workers with disabilities have been hit particularly hard by the
recent recession. The increased difficulty in finding a job faced by individuals with …

This study aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the prevalence and wellbeing of pre-
retirement disabled men, as they enter retirement. Though the number of Social Security …

Using Health and Retirement Study data, we examine three groups of adults aged 51-56 in
1992 with different disability experiences over 8 years. Our analysis reveals three major …

Workers over age 55 with chronic health conditions must choose between applying for
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits or continuing to work until their Social …

While some retirement is welcomed and on-time, other retirements are involuntary or forced
due to the loss of a job, an early retirement incentive, a health problem, mandatory …

Background The Social Security retirement age consists of both the normal retirement age
(NRA) and the early eligibility age (EEA). The NRA, currently 66 and scheduled to increase …

A patchwork of public programs—primarily Social Security Disability Insurance (DI), workers'
compensation, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and veterans' benefits—provides …

As successive generations of Americans have access to healthier lifestyles and more
advanced medical technologies, we can expect the prevalence of work-limiting disabilities to …

Social Security provides higher replacement rates to disability insurance beneficiaries than
retired beneficiaries. This fact reflects two factors: 1) Disability Insurance (SSDI) …