Welfare for the elderly: the effects of SSI on pre-retirement labor supply

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Neumark, D; Powers, E
• 署名单位: Michigan State University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Michigan State University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00111-5
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 51-80
• 关键词: SSI; labor supply; retirement

摘要

This paper studies pre-eligibility-age labor market disincentives created by the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Asset and income limits might induce individuals nearing the eligibility age to work less. We exploit states' supplementation of federal. SSI benefits to estimate the effects of SSI on pre-retirement labor supply, using SIPP data. We find some evidence that generous SSI benefits reduce the pre-retirement labor supply land earnings) of men who are likely to participate in SSI after retirement, as they near the eligibility age, especially men who are eligible for early Social Security benefits, which may be used to offset their reduced labor income. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.