Overview
Daniel Thompson is a researcher at the Social Security Administration. His work focuses on DI program analysis using linked administrative and survey data, particularly questions of equity and racial/ethnic differences in program access and outcomes.
Key Contributions / Features
- Co-authored (with Joshua Mitchell) a 2025 Census Bureau working paper linking the 2015 ACS to SSA administrative records to study racial/ethnic differences in DI allowance rates at the initial and reconsideration stages, finding that observable applicant characteristics — especially body system code, age, and earnings — account for nearly all of the raw racial gaps in allowance rates.
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