Plausibly Exogenous [773] - Crime and Welfare (03/02/2022)
LHS Variable
Criminal justice and employment outcomes
RHS Variable
Losing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit
Source of Exogenous Variation
Discontinuity in the likelihood of being reviewed for SSI eligibility at age 18 created by the 1996 welfare reform law.
- Deshpande and Mueller-Smith (2022), “Does Welfare Prevent Crime? The Criminal Justice Outcomes of Youth Removed From SSI”