Mitchell, Olivia S.; Phillips, John W. R. - Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan - 2000
This paper evaluates potential responses to reductions in early Social Security retirement benefits. Using the Health … and Retirement Study (HRS) linked to administrative records, we find that Social Security coverage is quite uneven in the … curtailing, and then eliminating, early Social Security benefits. A life-cycle model of retirement behavior provides estimated …