Replication data for: SSI for Disabled Immigrants: Why Do Ethnic Networks Matter?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Delia Furtado; Nikolaos Theodoropoulos

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Project Citation:

Furtado, Delia, and Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos. Replication data for: SSI for Disabled Immigrants: Why Do Ethnic Networks Matter? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112631V1

Project Description

Summary: Immigrants residing among many coethnics are especially likely to receive SSI for a disability when they belong to high SSI take-up immigrant groups. After showing that this relationship cannot be fully explained by differences in health, we consider the likely sources of these network effects by separately examining their role in the decision to apply for SSI and, conditional on applying, their role in determining who ultimately receives benefits. Our results suggest that networks may increase the probability of applying for SSI despite minor disabilities, but it is unlikely that network effects are driven by egregious lies on applications.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      H55 Social Security and Public Pensions
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J14 Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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