Previous research has provided various measurements of effectiveness and studied trends in program costs and changes in the number of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries. However, those studies do not specifically analyze how the demographic characteristics, sources of income, and poverty status of SSI beneficiaries have changed over time and the implications of those changes in relation to the SSI program’s effectiveness. To assess the SSI program’s effectiveness we use administrative records from the Social Security Administration (SSA) matched to the 1984 and 1996 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SSA-SIPP matched data improves the accuracy of the data we use to calculate estimates of SSI beneficiaries and their characteristics. We find substantial changes in the marital status, family size, home ownership, education level, family income, and labor force participation status of SSI beneficiaries between 1984 and 1999. Those changes, in the context of legislative and programmatic changes, are used to conclude that the SSI program was more effective in 1999 than in 1984.
KEYWORDS: (Supplemental Security Income Program, measuring effectiveness, government transfer program, Social Security Administration, Survey of Income and Program Participation)
Previous research has provided various measurements of effectiveness and studied trends in program costs and changes in the number of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries. However, those studies do not specifically analyze how the demographic characteristics, sources of income, and poverty status of SSI beneficiaries have changed over time and the implications of those changes in relation to the SSI program’s effectiveness. To assess the SSI program’s effectiveness we use administrative records from the Social Security Administration (SSA) matched to the 1984 and 1996 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SSA-SIPP matched data improves the accuracy of the data we use to calculate estimates of SSI beneficiaries and their characteristics. We find substantial changes in the marital status, family size, home ownership, education level, family income, and labor force participation status of SSI beneficiaries between 1984 and 1999. Those changes, in the context of legislative and programmatic changes, are used to conclude that the SSI program was more effective in 1999 than in 1984. KEYWORDS: (Supplemental Security Income Program, measuring effectiveness, government transfer program, Social Security Administration, Survey of Income and Program Participation)
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