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Does old age social security help children?
02 May 2024, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Join this event to hear Lucie Schmidt discuss the impact of social security on child well-being.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities
Location
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Room C3.11UCL IOE20 Bedford WayLondonWC1H 0AL
Though Social Security is typically considered a programme to support retirees, nearly one in ten children live in a home with Social Security income. Children are substantially more likely to live with an older adult than they were two decades ago, and are twice as likely to report Social Security income in their household than traditional cash welfare.
Lucie will use the sharp increase in eligibility for Social Security benefits at age 62 to investigate the role played by the Social Security programme in childhood economic outcomes among children who live with older adults. The research does not find that Social Security eligibility increases household income on average, but is associated with a shift towards Social Security income and increased availability of household members’ time for home production.
This event will be particularly useful for students, teachers, researchers, and policymakers.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or online.
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About the Speaker
Lucie Schmidt
She is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and an Editor of the Review of the Economics of the Household.
She has written extensively on social safety net programmes in the United States with a particular focus on interactions between safety net programmes.