Replication data for: Does Welfare Inhibit Success? The Long-Term Effects of Removing Low-Income Youth from the Disability Rolls
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Manasi Deshpande
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Project Citation:
Deshpande, Manasi. Replication data for: Does Welfare Inhibit Success? The Long-Term Effects of Removing Low-Income Youth from the Disability Rolls. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113086V1
Project Description
Summary:
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I estimate the effects of removing low-income youth with disabilities from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on their earnings and income in adulthood. Using a regression discontinuity design based on a 1996 policy change in age 18 medical reviews, I find that youth who are removed from SSI at age 18 recover one-third of the lost SSI cash income in earnings. SSI youth who are removed and stay off SSI earn on average $4,400 annually, and they lose $76,000 in present discounted observed income over the 16 years following removal relative to those who do not receive a review.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
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