Episode 72: Manasi Deshpande on SSI benefits and crime

Manasi Deshpande talks about how access to Supplementary Security Income (SSI) benefits affects criminal behavior.

“Does Welfare Prevent Crime? The Criminal Justice Outcomes of Youth Removed from SSI” by Manasi Deshpande and Michael Mueller-Smith.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Does Welfare Inhibit Success? The Long-Term Effects of Removing Low-Income Youth from the Disability Rolls” by Manasi Deshpande.

• “Changing Circumstances: Experiences of Child SSI Recipients Before and After their Age-18 Redetermination for Adult Benefits” by Jeffrey Hemmeter, Jacqueline Kauff, and David Wittenburg.

• “Longitudinal Patterns of Disability Program Participation and Mortality Across Childhood SSI Award Cohorts” by Kalman Rupp, Jeffrey Hemmeter, and Paul S. Davies.

• “Does Public Assistance Reduce Recidivism?” by Crystal S. Yang.

• “Does Emergency Financial Assistance Reduce Crime?” by Caroline Palmer, David C. Phillips, and James X. Sullivan.

• Probable Causation Episode 34: David Phillips

• Probable Causation Episode 9: Michael Mueller-Smith

• “Mental Health and Criminal Involvement: Evidence from Losing Medicaid Eligibility” by Elisa Jácome.

• Probable Causation Episode 60: Elisa Jácome