Most observers now believe that our welfare programs ought to be made strictly transitional, phasing out entirely after a limited period of recipiency, rather than serving as a long-term source of ...

The U.S. has always had among the lowest levels of long term disability recipiency. It is quite difficult to get on SSDI—less than 4% of the working age population receives such benefits ...

* The income variable used was the total household post-government income created for use in the Cross-National Equivalent File. [38] This represents the combined income after taxes and government ...

"These estimates are reasonably robust to alternative UI recipiency rates." Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, in March.