TY - JOUR T1 - How Policy Variables Influence the Timing of Social Security Disability Insurance Applications JF - Social Security Bulletin Y1 - 2002 A1 - R.V. Burkhauser A1 - Butler, J.S. A1 - Robert R. Weathers II KW - Disabilities KW - Social Security AB - This article analyzes the impact of policy variables—employer accommodations, state Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) allowance rates, and DI benefits— on the timing of an application for DI benefits by workers with a work-limiting health condition starting when their health condition first begins to bother them. The analysis uses a rich mixture of personal and employer characteristics from the Health and Retirement Study linked to Social Security administrative records. PB - 64 VL - 64 UR - https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v64n1/v64n1p52.pdf IS - 1 N1 - RDA U4 - Social Security/Disability/Disability ER -