UM14-08: Understanding Participation in SSI.

Researchers

• Robert Schoeni
• Kathleen McGarry

Abstract

SSI is the primary government transfer program targeted towards assisting low income older adults. Prior studies have found that only 50-60% of individuals eligible for SSI participate. We will provide more recent estimates of program take-up and investigate various hypotheses for why eligible individuals do not participate.

Publications

• Understanding Participation in SSI (Research Brief)
• Understanding Participation in SSI (Working Paper)
• Understanding Participation in SSI (Conference Paper)

Project Year

2014