Understanding Economic Risk for Low-Income Families¶
Spitzer, A., Chandler, J., Hicks, B., & Thal, D. (2024). Understanding Economic Risk for Low-Income Families: Economic Security, Program Benefits, and Decisions about Work. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Mechanisms¶
- Eligibility Class System
- Rigid thresholds and heavy evidence burdens wrongly deny qualified cases; a sharp cutoff at the boundary creates a benefits cliff
This sourceDefines benefit cliffs as threshold-triggered losses that can outweigh earnings gains and deter recipients from accepting higher-paying work.
- Rigid thresholds and heavy evidence burdens wrongly deny qualified cases; a sharp cutoff at the boundary creates a benefits cliff
- Phased Support Withdrawal Plan
- It is the mechanism that keeps a wind-down from becoming a benefits cliff, where a scheduled cut in assistance leaves a household abruptly and disproportionately worse off.
This sourceDefines a benefit cliff as a benefit reduction equal to or larger than the earnings increase that triggered it.
- It is the mechanism that keeps a wind-down from becoming a benefits cliff, where a scheduled cut in assistance leaves a household abruptly and disproportionately worse off.
- Support Taper Plan
- Its strength is making exit safe and credible at once — avoiding the benefits-cliff harm of a hard cut-off
This sourceDocuments the harm of abrupt benefit cliffs when small earnings gains trigger large losses of program support.
- Its strength is making exit safe and credible at once — avoiding the benefits-cliff harm of a hard cut-off
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