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Redistribution in the Current U.S. Social Security System

Liebman, Jeffrey B. - 2001

Because its benefit formula replaces a greater fraction of the lifetime earnings of lower earners than of higher earnings, Social Security is generally thought to be progressive, providing However, much of the intra-cohort redistribution in the U.S. Social Security system is related to factors...

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Privatizing Social Security : First Round Effects of a Generic, VoluntaryPrivatized U.S. Social Security System

Gustman, Alan L. - 1995

This paper investigates individual responses to a simple scheme to privatize social security. The analysis explores the sensitivity of outcomes to how individuals project life expectancy, how they value spouse and survivor benefits, and to expected future reductions in social security benefits....

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The Effect of Changes in Social Security's Delayed Retirement Credit : Evidence from Administrative Data

Duggan, Mark G.; Dushi, Irena; Jeong, Sookyo; Li, Gina - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The delayed retirement credit (DRC) increases monthly OASI (Old Age and Survivors Insurance) benefits for primary beneficiaries who claim after their full retirement age (FRA). For many years, the DRC was set at 3.0 percent per year (0.25 percent monthly). The 1983 amendments to Social Security...

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Social Security and Retirement in Canada

Gruber, Jonathan - 1997

Government transfers to older persons in Canada are one of the largest and fastest growing" components of the …

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Social Security and Retirement : Evidence From the Canada Time Series

Pellechio, Anthony J. - 1979

This study examines whether social security influences the aggregate retirement rate in Canada. The life-cycle model of … Canada include a measure of social security wealth that matches the specification given by the life-cycle model. The estimate … of the creation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plan was to raise the retirement rate by 1.5 points in 1967 …

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How do the U.S and Canadian Social Safety Nets Compare for Women and Children?

Hoynes, Hilary - 2017

The past 25 years has seen substantial change in the social safety nets for families with children in the US and Canada … declined in both countries with more of the decline coming through market income in the U.S. and benefit income in Canada …

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Social Security and Retirement Programs Around the World : The Capacity to Work at Older Ages – Introduction and Summary

Coile, Courtney - 2016

This is the introduction and summary to the seventh phase of an ongoing project on Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World. The project compares the experiences of a dozen developed countries and uses differences in their retirement program provisions to explore the effect of SS...

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Work Incentives in the Social Security Disability Benefit Formula

Goda, Gopi Shah - 2015

We examine the connection between taxes paid and benefits accrued under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program on both the intensive and extensive margins. We perform these calculations for stylized workers given the existing benefit structure and disability hazard rates. On the...

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The Financial Feasibility of Delaying Social Security : Evidence from Administrative Tax Data

Goda, Gopi Shah - 2015

Despite the large and growing returns to deferring Social Security benefits, most individuals claim Social Security before the full retirement age, currently age 66. In this paper, we use a panel of administrative tax data on likely primary earners to explore some potential hypotheses of why...

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The Impact of Social Security Income on Cognitive Function at Older Ages

Ayyagari, Padmaja - 2015

Prior literature has documented a positive association between income and cognitive function at older ages, however, the extent to which this association represents causal effects is unknown. In this study, we use an exogenous change in Social Security income due to amendments to the Social...

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