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This paper examines how differences in Supplemental Security Income (SSI) generosity, driven by differences in state SSI supplements, affect people’s interaction with the program. This paper uses county-level administrative data on SSI recipiency rates, as well as county-level data on SSI application rates, SSI award rates, group specific employment rates, earnings, and migration rates to…
Abstract This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on micro pension products for informal sector workers in developing countries. Micro pensions provide a mechanism that allows these workers to make small or infrequent contributions to a pension system, providing the flexibility they need to accommodate their irregular income flows. The aim of micro pensions…
