@article{ref1,
title="Workplace injuries and receipt of benefits from workers' compensation and SSDI",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2022",
author="Ladd, Daniel and Neumark, David",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: We examine whether workers who suffer permanently-disabling injuries covered by workers' compensation (WC) end up on SSDI, and whether SSA appears to offset WC payments for permanently-disabling injuries against SSDI benefits, when appropriate. <br><br>METHODS: We capture data on WC benefit receipt from the Health and Retirement Stud and link it to SSA data on WC and SSDI recipients to study descriptive information on these questions. <br><br>RESULTS: We find that SSA appears to be missing data on WC benefits for a sizable share of recipients of WC benefits, and that the frequency with which SSDI benefits are reduced because of the WC offset seems surprisingly low. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: For a variety of reasons, WC benefits for permanently-disabling injuries may not be appropriately offset against SSDI benefits, possibly shifting the cost of these workplace injuries to SSDI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000002728",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002728"
}