Research
The Social Security program was designed to support lower-income retirees more by replacing a larger share of their past earnings than higher earners receive. But the subsidies that encourage workers to save for retirement tilt in the opposite direction. For this reason, White workers – who tend to earn more than Blacks and Hispanics –…
The families of more than 1 million children and teenagers with serious physical and intellectual disabilities are receiving Supplemental Security Income, or SSI. But a 1996 reform made it harder to keep those benefits when the child turns 18. The 18-year-olds who don’t meet the tougher requirement for eligibility lose not only SSI’s monthly cas…
