This paper evaluates the financial and economic consequences of being denied an
abortion. We link credit report data to the Turnaway Study, which collected high-quality …

The areas most affected by the opioid crisis have witnessed deteriorating economic
conditions, although it is unclear if this represents a causal relationship. I provide new …

Work requirements are common in US safety net programs. Evidence remains limited,
however, on the extent to which work requirements increase economic self-sufficiency or …

The public debate over disability insurance has centered on concerns about individuals
without severe health conditions receiving benefits. We go beyond health risk alone to …

Why do homeowners default on mortgages? This paper studies the question using a survey
specifically designed for the purpose, with a sample drawn from (and matched to) very rich …

We study impacts of a cash transfer program with no means-test and no work restrictions: the
US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Disability Compensation program. Our empirical …

This paper estimates the effect of Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income
receipt on mortality for individuals on the margin of being allowed versus denied benefits …

This paper develops a sufficient statistics framework for analyzing the welfare effects of
disability insurance (DI). We derive social‐optimality conditions for the two main DI policy …

We show that higher payments from US Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) reduce
mortality. Using administrative data on new DI beneficiaries, we exploit discontinuities in the …

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, which provides income support to
individuals who become unable to work because of a disability, has not been substantially …