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 ...

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 ...

"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.

* 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 ...