Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300970 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17074
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study investigates whether the minimum wage affects the uptake of Supplemental Security Income (SSI). To disentangle the effect of the minimum wage from underlying macroeconomic conditions, I use a triple-differences-type model that exploits cross-state and temporal differences in the minimum wage and its differential effects on those individuals with and without a high school diploma. The results show that a one percent increase in the minimum wage leads to a 0.33 percent decline in SSI uptake. To substantiate the findings, this study employs an alternative approach, leveraging the discontinuity in minimum wage legislation at state borders by comparing SSI uptake within the contiguous state-border counties. Using this approach yields qualitatively similar findings, corroborating the baseline estimates.
Subjects: 
minimum wage
Supplemental Security Income
border discontinuity
means-tested programs
JEL: 
J08
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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