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- Title
THE EFFECT OF DISABILITY PAYMENTS ON HOUSEHOLD EARNINGS AND INCOME: EVIDENCE FROM THE SSI CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
- Authors
Deshpande, Manasi
- Abstract
I estimate the effect of removing children with disabilities from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on parental earnings and household disability receipt. Using administrative data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), I implement regression discontinuity and differencein- differences designs based on changes in SSA's budget for child medical reviews. I find that parents fully offset the SSI loss with increased earnings, and the loss of the child's SSI payment reduces disability applications by parents and siblings but does not reduce their actual disability receipt. I examine alternative hypotheses for the large parental earnings response.
- Subjects
HOUSEHOLD budgets; UNITED States. Social Security Administration; SERVICES for children with disabilities; MEDICAL care of children with disabilities; REGRESSION analysis; GOVERNMENT policy; FINANCE
- Publication
Review of Economics & Statistics, 2016, Vol 98, Issue 4, p638
- ISSN
0034-6535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/REST_a_00609