Tag: California

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…

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…