Editorial Note: Correction to Jeffrey B. Liebman's “Understanding the Increase in Disability Insurance Benefit Receipt in the United States”

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-218
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Insurance Benefit

scholarly journals Understanding the Increase in Disability Insurance Benefit Receipt in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey B. Liebman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Good Time ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Trust Fund ◽  
Disability Benefit ◽  
Insurance Benefit ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Congressional Action

The share of working-age Americans receiving disability benefits from the federal Disability Insurance (DI) program has increased significantly in recent decades, from 2.2 percent in the late 1970s to 3.6 percent in the years immediately preceding the 2007–2009 recession and 4.6 percent in 2013. With the federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund currently projected to be depleted in 2016, Congressional action of some sort is likely to occur within the next several years. It is therefore a good time to sort out the competing explanations for the increase in disability benefit receipt and to review some of the ideas that economists have put forth for reforming US disability programs.

scholarly journals A social law lens on maternal mortality in the U.S.: Lessons from Germany and the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Tonti
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Postnatal Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Social Law ◽  
Insurance Benefit ◽  
Legal Interventions ◽  
The U.S

Abstract The United States has one of the worst maternal mortality rates among developed nations. American mothers are three times more likely than Canadian mothers and six times more likely than Scandinavian mothers to die from pregnancy-related deaths. Currently, for every 100,000 live births, 26.4 mothers are dying in the U.S, with significant disparities between White mothers and mothers of color. Projections indicate that by 2030, the maternal mortality rate will rise to 45 maternal deaths out of 100,000 live births. In direct contrast, most other similarly situated high-income nations have decreased their maternal mortality rates in recent years, evidencing only single-digit mortality per 100,000 mothers. This research examines how social protection measures afforded by the law can facilitate differences in these rates. Specifically, this presentation compares legal interventions enshrined in social law that impact maternal health in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands, including mandated access to prenatal care, midwifery reimbursement, and obligatory duration of postnatal care. Compared to the United States, both Germany and the Netherlands enshrine more comprehensively midwifery compensation and access to postnatal care in their social legal codes and insurance benefit schemes. Evidence accumulated by comparing these interventions with maternal mortality statistics suggests that legal interventions that spur extra attention to mothers during and after birth may help prevent pregnancy-related deaths. It also opens a discussion about how policymakers can use legal interventions to help eliminate racial disparities in maternity practice. Key messages Codified legal interventions that mandate extra attention to mothers during and after birth may help prevent pregnancy-related deaths. Compared to the U.S., both Germany and the Netherlands better enshrine midwifery compensation and access to postnatal care in their social legal codes and insurance benefit schemes.

scholarly journals Editorial note: A search for the best practices and standards

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabri Boubaker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Agency Costs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Long Line ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Governance Quality ◽  
Corporate Governance Quality

This issue includes papers that embrace major challenges for the board of directors A long line of research documents the crucial role that the board of directors plays in the reduction of agency costs. This issue of the journal goes further to explore a variety of environments, ranging from a highly developed economy, i.e., the United States, to a less developed economy, i.e., Greece and even developing ones, i.e., Saudi Arabian and Ghana. The results documented by the papers from this issue reflect the specificities of the environment in which companies are operating. Moreover, the channels through which the board of directors affects agency costs remain very little documented. Papers that are published in this issue shed new light on this topic by showing that boards might improve firm performance by enhancing corporate governance quality and developing informal communication within the firm.

scholarly journals Taking a practical look at the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Bibens
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
The World

This presentation will provide a practical look at the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States. This disability non-discrimination act has undergone recent amendments changing the landscape for employers and changing their responsibilities to stay compliant. We will review how the changes in the ADA differ today for employers in the United States and we will also provide a comparison with other discriminatory acts in the world. The changes to be discussed include issues of “qualification” and “reasonableness” of accommodation and what these changes mean to real employer examples. The example will demonstrate one disability insurance carrier's approach to addressing this change by providing in support of their policyholders’ responsibilities to stay compliant.

Perceptions of Deservingness and the Politicization of Social Insurance: Evidence From Disability Insurance in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 543-559
Author(s):  
Albert H. Fang ◽  
Gregory A. Huber
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
Potential Abuse ◽  
Social Security Disability

Concerns about the deservingness of policy beneficiaries appear to explain skepticism about redistributive social assistance programs. Many social insurance programs, despite requiring beneficiaries to pay in ahead of time, require discretionary evaluations of the merits of claims for benefits. Do perceptions of deservingness also affect attitudes toward these discretionary social insurance programs? Examining the politics of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a program whose size and beneficiaries have been increasingly politicized, we investigate these questions by analyzing novel survey data and two experiments conducted on national surveys. We show that people use information about a beneficiary’s eligibility-determining impairment—but not their race, which prior work argues is a key heuristic—to infer their deservingness. Moreover, support for SSDI is responsive to policy arguments emphasizing the program’s social insurance features and potential abuse. Our findings demonstrate important psychological processes relevant to the contemporary politicization of social insurance programs involving discretionary eligibility rules.

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