The Benefits to Taxpayers from Increases in Students - RAND ...
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100 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Benefits</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Taxpayers</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>Increases</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Students</strong>’ Educational Atta<strong>in</strong>ment<br />
Food Stamps<br />
Income <strong>from</strong> the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is estimated us<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
two-part model. <strong>The</strong> first part of the model estimates the likelihood of food stamp utilization<br />
with probit, and the second part estimates the amount of food stamps received<br />
<strong>in</strong> the year conditional on utilization with OLS. <strong>The</strong> response variable <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>come<br />
regression is the square root of food stamps <strong>in</strong>come for normality. Results are presented<br />
<strong>in</strong> Table C.3.<br />
Supplemental Security Income<br />
We estimate <strong>in</strong>come <strong>from</strong> the SSI program us<strong>in</strong>g the two-part model. <strong>The</strong> first part<br />
of the model estimates the likelihood of SSI utilization with probit, and the second<br />
part estimates the amount of SSI <strong>in</strong>come received <strong>in</strong> the year conditional on utilization<br />
with OLS. <strong>The</strong> response variable <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>come regression is the square root of SSI<br />
<strong>in</strong>come for normality.<br />
Further, as the SSI program comprises a supplemental subprogram for the elderly<br />
and a disability subprogram, we modeled program utilization and <strong>in</strong>come separately<br />
for the elderly and non-elderly. Results are presented <strong>in</strong> Table C.4a for utilization and<br />
C.4b for <strong>in</strong>come.