The Impact of Temporary Assistance Programs on Disability Rolls and Re-employment
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چکیده
There are a variety of assistance programs to replace lost earnings, some aimed at disability or illness, some aimed at low income families, and some at both. Federal disability benefits (Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)) receipt tends to be an all-absorbing state, with few recipients ever ending their benefits, but one that requires a difficult application process in which individuals must demonstrate an incapacity to work (the process itself can increase incapacity to work by inducing individuals to avoid labor market opportunities). Many other kinds of assistance programs end after a number of months (e.g. unemployment), and even those that do not expire (e.g. food stamps) are designed to provide only temporary benefits.
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