Social Security Policy and Employment Research Projects
This team of interdisciplinary researchers has shared expertise in disability employment and Social Security Administration (SSA) policy. The work funded here is supported by the SSA through the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC) and addresses a variety of topics, including:
- Occupational segregation by race and accommodation receipt
- Understanding barriers to how SSA communicates with people in rural communities
- Measuring the relationship between domains of physical and mental functioning and disability
- How SSA program enrollment requirements limit access to homeownership for people with disabilities
- The expected uptake of ABLE account enrollment with upcoming changes to eligibility
This work has been disseminated through white papers and through peer-reviewed publications in the Social Security Bulletin and the Journal of Disability Policy Studies. You can view the projects by fiscal year below.
Projects by Fiscal Year
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2024:
- Community-engaged Research into the Barriers and Communication Preferences of Rural Populations
- Barriers to SSI for people with psychiatric disabilities who are of minority racial/ethnic groups
- SSA and VR service delivery needs of working-age people from racial/ethnic minority groups who have Long COVID
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2023:
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2022
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2021:
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2019
Researchers
The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a grant from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) funded as part of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium through the University of Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center and through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security. The opinions and conclusions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not represent the opinions or policy of SSA or any agency of the federal government.
Neither the United States government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the contents of this report. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the United States government or any agency thereof.
