A Longitudinal Analysis of Entries and Exits of the Low-Income Elderly to and from the Supplemental Security Income Program
52 Pages Posted: 22 Feb 2008
Date Written: October 2007
Abstract
This paper is the first to analyze eligibility and participation spells and estimate dynamic models of SSI participation by the aged. We first describe eligibility and participation spells and estimate competing-risk models of the determinants of transitions. Next, we present evidence of extensive measurement error in the expected SSI benefit and the associated imputed eligibility status of sample members. We compare and contrast two approaches to ameliorating this error. A cross-section approach exploits self-reports of participants' benefits, and a longitudinal approach makes inferences from time variation in the computed benefit. We find that the hazard model estimates vary little with regard to whether or which particular measurement error correction is employed. Finally, the longitudinal patterns of eligibility and participation suggest that take-up rates among the persistently eligible are nearly 80 percent.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Recommended Papers
-
By David Neumark and Elizabeth T. Powers
-
Why Did the Ssi-Disabled Program Grow so Much? Disentangling the Effect of Medicaid
-
Welfare for the Elderly: The Effects of Ssi on Pre-Retirement Labor Supply
By David Neumark and Elizabeth T. Powers
-
By Elizabeth T. Powers and David Neumark
-
By Elizabeth T. Powers and David Neumark
-
By Elizabeth T. Powers and David Neumark
-
SSI for the Aged and the Problem of 'Take-Up'
By Todd E. Elder and Elizabeth T. Powers
-
Take-Up of Medicare Part D and the SSA Subsidy: Early Results from the Health and Retirement Study
By Helen Levy and David Weir
-
Public Health Insurance and SSI Program Participation Among the Aged
By Todd E. Elder and Elizabeth T. Powers