The Economics of Social Insurance

本研究的目的是分析各种社会保险计划对个人和企业行为的影响。将研究的计划包括失业保险(UI)、工伤补偿(WC)和对有子女的家庭的援助(AFDC)。对UI方案的研究将更好地了解福利水平如何影响个人提交申请的机会和此人获得援助的时间长度。将对WC方案进行分析，以确定福利水平和国家工人补偿制度的其他特点在多大程度上影响非工伤报告。AFDC的研究包括使用行政数据对索赔期限进行审查。此外，还将审查各州之间的福利移民问题。该项目的一部分还将包括收集、记录和传播一些与参与这些不同的社会保险计划有关的新的、可能非常有用的数据集。

The purpose of this research is to analyze the effects of various social insurance programs on the behavior of individuals and firms. The programs to be studied include Unemployment Insurance (UI), Worker's Compensation (WC), and Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The study of the UI program will provide a better understanding about how the level of benefits effects the chance of an individual of filing and the length of time the person receives assistance. The WC program will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the reporting of nonwork injuries are effected by the level of benefits and other features of state workers' compensation systems. The AFDC study includes an examination of the duration of claims using administrative data. In addition, welfare migration among states will also be examined. Part of this project will also include assembling, documenting, and disseminating some new and potentially extremely useful data sets pertaining to participation in these various social insurance programs.