Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) awards rise during recessions. If marginal applicants are able to work but unable to find jobs, countercyclical Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit extensions may reduce SSDI uptake. Exploiting UI extensions in the Great Recession as a source of variation, we find no indication that expiration of UI benefits causes SSDI applications and can rule out e...

payment of retirement pension is one of the most important responsibilities and services of the social security organization, which provides support and comfort to the elderly. this research aims to examine the factors that affect this important service with the hope of expanding it. this research was conducted between october 2012,and august  2013using descriptive and survey techniques and gat...

Many of the federal and state programs that provide income security to U.S. families have their roots in the Social Security Act (the Act) of 1935. This Act provided for unemployment insurance, old-age insurance, and means-tested welfare programs. The Great Depression was clearly a catalyst for the Social Security Act of 1935, and some of its provisions--notably the means-tested programs--were ...

This study aims to analyze the social cohesiveness of Indonesian Muslim communities during Ramadan. Moral sense, sense belonging, har mony, security, and tolerance in this are used as indicators understand cohesiveness. Data were collected through questionnaires with 600 respondents randomly selected three districts/cities West Sumatra Yogyakarta provinces. The found that two cohesion high cate...

access to the right to the highest attainable level of health is a constitutional right that obliges governments and other players to take step to increase all individuals' chances of obtaining good health. at the least, health and education are two crucial requirements for this as well. iran's vision 2025 is going to lead the country to a developed state with the highest rank of economic, scie...