Studies from Tulane University Yield New Data on Insurance (Do Stronger Employment Discrimination Protections Decrease Reliance On Social Security Disability Insurance? Evidence From the U.s. Social Security Reforms): Insurance

2023 MAR 06 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- A new study on Insurance is now available. According to news reporting out of New Orleans, Louisiana, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “The United States Social Security Amendments of 1983 increased the full benefits retirement age and penalties for retiring before that age. This increased Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applications by making SSDI relatively more generous.”

Funders for this research include W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research through their Early Career Research Grant program, Borchard Foundation Center on Law Aging, Social Security Administration, Boston College Center for Retirement Research through the Steven H. Sandell Grant Program, National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Tulane University, “We explore if state disability and age discrimination laws moderated these spillovers, using variation whereby many state laws are broader or stronger than federal law. We estimate the effects of these laws on SSDI applications and receipt using a difference-in-differences approach. We find that a broader definition of disability, where only a medically diagnosed condition is required to be covered under state law, along with being able to sue for more damages under state disability discrimination law, are both associated with a significant reduction in induced SSDI applications and receipts. We also find some evidence that some features of state disability discrimination laws are also associated with increased employment, especially for women.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “While we find some positive association between age discrimination laws and employment effects, we do not find any moderating effect of age discrimination laws on SSDI.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Do Stronger Employment Discrimination Protections Decrease Reliance On Social Security Disability Insurance? Evidence From the U.s. Social Security Reforms. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2022;22. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing can be contacted at: Elsevier, Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Patrick Button, Tulane University, Dept. of Economics, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States. Additional authors for this research include Mary Penn and Mashfiqur R. Khan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2022.100370. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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