Date of Award

5-1-2024

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Economics

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Kajal Lahiri

Committee Members

Pinka Chatterji, Yue Li

Keywords

COVID-19 Pandemic, Cross-sectional correlation, Seasonality, Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income

Subject Categories

Economics

Abstract

This dissertation investigates three important topics related to the time pattern and the inter-state heterogeneity of the application volumes of the two public disability programs run by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) — Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

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Economics Commons

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