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The Impact of Losing Childhood Supplemental Security Income Benefits on Long-Term Education and Health Outcomes

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  • Priyanka Anand
  • Hansoo Ko

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Many youth with disabilities rely on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) as an important source of income for their families, but they must go through a redetermination process at age 18 if they are to continue receiving those benefits into adulthood. Our project uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) to examine the long-term impact of losing child SSI upon turning 18, due to the 1996 welfare reform, on education and health outcomes. We compare the long-term outcomes of those who turned 18 just after August 1996 with those who turned 18 just before, given that the reform increased the strictness of medical reviews for 18-year-old beneficiaries. Because the respondents are in their 30s and 40s in the later waves of the survey, we also examine the health outcomes of their children.

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  • Priyanka Anand & Hansoo Ko, 2023. "The Impact of Losing Childhood Supplemental Security Income Benefits on Long-Term Education and Health Outcomes," Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College wp2023-15, Center for Retirement Research.
  • Handle: RePEc:crr:crrwps:wp2023-15
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