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Implementing an SSI Model Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Implementing an SSI Model Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Working Paper Number SEHSD-WP1991-15 or SIPP-WP-158
Introduction
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a Federal-State cash transfer program designed to meet the minimum income needs of the Nation's low-income aged and disabled populations. This paper describes the initial stages of the development of an SSI microsimulation model based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). This work is part of a larger effort to exploit the SIPP to improve the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) ability to respond to questions about the operation of its programs. A broader description of the project and its rationale is presented in a companion piece by Wixon and Vaughan (1991).
An overview of major features of the SSI program which were addressed in the model development is given in section II of the paper. The data set used to implement the model is discussed briefly in section III. A description of the development and evaluation of the model and simulation estimates is given in section IV. Section V discusses some of our future plans.
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