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This study estimates rates of all forms of health insurance coverage for workers aged 18 to 64, by wage quintiles, over … Bureau also does not publish data for workers, as this report does. …
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workers' economic security. Using a rigorous methodology that improves on other more standard measures of economic security … workers can move into the middle class. The report concludes with proposals that would strengthen labor market institutions …, expand work supports for families in the middle and working classes, and provide workers, particularly those in low- and …
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finds the median wage earner will probably lose as a result of any such agreement. In fact, most workers are likely to lose …
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When most workers look at their pay stubs, they can see that the Social Security payroll tax rate is 12.4 percent … – with the employee and employer each paying 6.2 percent. But many workers do not know that any annual wages above $106 … available American Community Survey to determine how raising the cap would affect workers based on gender, race or ethnicity …
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lower benefits. Since the vast majority of retirees rely on Social Security for the bulk of their retirement income, this … workers in future years will adjust their behavior, this paper assesses their past response to changes in the cost of living …
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This working paper argues that pension funds should adopt a funding principle that is consistent with a return on holdings conditional on the state of the stock market. As will be shown, the expected “conditional rate of return” used in making this assessment will vary depending on the...
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. Particular attention should be paid to improving the living standards in retirement of workers in poorly compensated jobs, who … put the retirement security of workers in poorly compensated jobs at further risk. While it would be wise to shore up the … workers get a better deal. This report examines the essential role that Social Security plays in bolstering the retirement …
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, finding that 5.8 percent of workers would be affected if the Social Security cap were eliminated entirely and 1.4 percent …
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There have been a number of proposals in policy circles that involve raising the Social Security retirement age. This … increases in longevity. This paper examines the impact of an increase in the retirement age on various demographic groups … retirement age from 67 to 70 (2 months a year for 18 years) on each quintile of the wealth distribution using data from the …
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There is enormous public confusion (much of it deliberately cultivated) about the extent of Social Security’s projected shortfall. Many policymakers and analysts point out that projections from the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security Trustees show the program to be out of...
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