I don't think there's an analogue to SNAP in Ontario, but not sure about other provinces

I think it's going to vary a lot by province, e.g.
(For non-disability specific)
www.ontario.ca/page/ontario...
is probably the closest in Ontario, but in Quebec probably "last-resort financial assistance"

Caveat: limited prep I once did to explain social insurance/welfare to UGs in local programs

I see this RAND article provides no cites for the phrase "there are N states"...theft!

Google scholar gives more than 279 uses of that exact phrase before 1993 and 1.1M hits

It's shocking that he could write a (almost? How's that getting characterised?) break up song with the line

"You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breath"

And it's still more of a balanced take than don't think twice

Agree completely with the underutilized and the SSA and census links!

I was mostly thinking some of the Q's in later waves are only going to be available for people in their late 70s (for 1930 births) so you might not be able to use all the financial distress Qs

Should say parental education not occupation!

HRS has this cohort and family background information e.g. parental occupation for "everyone" and additional information asked in later waves (might worry about differential attrition esp. mortality)

Plus it has retrospective work history amongst other things

hrs.isr.umich.edu/data-product...

Or the late 90s Sammo Hung vehicle

My Dad and Father-in-Law (& I, but that's less informative) both really enjoyed

Risky Business by Einav, Finkelstein and Fisman

My dad's glowing endorsement: "this stuff is fascinating you should really teach people about this in an economics degree"...

It's almost straight from the pages of the AER

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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