Tag: employment

Cheerful senior man at home looking at his mail

The brief’s key findings are: Application rates for federal Disability Insurance (DI) vary greatly by state, which has raised concerns that states apply standards inconsistently. However, the main factors driving the variation are health, demographic, and employment characteristics. Interestingly, states that require employers to provide temporary disability insurance have lower DI application rates…

People sitting in chairs in a row waiting for job interview

The labor force participation of older workers has reversed its long-run decline.  A larger share of this group wants to work longer.  This shift reflects the changing incentives in Social Security and employer-sponsored plans, the improved education, health and longevity of today’s workers, less physically-demanding jobs, the need to wait for Medicare in the fac…