Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/154675 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor Policy [ISSN:] 2193-9004 [Volume:] 3 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2014 [Pages:] 1-27
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Disability Insurance waiting time varies from a few months to several years. We estimate the causal effect of longer waiting times on the use of five financial coping strategies. We find that SNAP benefits are the most responsive to longer waiting times. Moreover, while spousal employment is not responsive to longer wait times, spousal employment leads to longer waiting times, presumably because these applicants are more able to appeal. Together, these results suggest that coping strategies are used to both help applicants during the wait time and to extend the waiting time and increase their probability of success.
Subjects: 
Social security disability insurance
Waiting time
Disability
Instrumental variables
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Added worker effect
JEL: 
H53
J08
I3
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Document Type: 
Article

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