Tag: California

Disabled handicapped young man in wheelchair walking with his care helper in sunset.

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…

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The Pew Charitable Trusts recently reported that retirement assets in active auto-IRA programs have reached $1 billion.  Auto-IRAs, which began in 2017 when Oregon launched its OregonSaves program, now are up and running in six other states: Illinois Secure Choice (2018), CalSavers (2019), MyCT Savings (2022), Maryland Saves (2022), Colorado SecureSavings (2023) and RetirePath Virginia…