Immigrant networks and the take-up of disability programs: evidence from U.S. census data

Immigrant networks and the take-up of disability programs: evidence from U.S. census data

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Center for Retirement Research working paper
Contributor(s):
Furtado, Delia
Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos.
Boston College. Center for Retirement Research.
Publication:
Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, c2012
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Censuses
Disability Evaluation
Persons with Disabilities
Emigrants and Immigrants -- psychology
Social Environment
Social Security -- economics
Social Values -- ethnology
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This paper examines the role of ethnic networks in disability program take-up among working-age immigrants in the United States. We find that even when controlling for country of origin and area of residence fixed effects, immigrants residing amid a large number of co-ethnics are more likely to receive disability payments when their ethnic groups have higher take-up rates. Although this pattern can be partially explained by cross-group differences in satisfying the work history or income and asset requirements of the disability programs, we also find that social norms and, to a lesser extent, information sharing play important roles.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
NLM Unique ID:
101595896 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101595896