Snyder, Stephen E.; Evans, William N. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 88 (2006) 3, pp. 482-495
Legislation in the 1970s created a Notch in social security payments, with those born after January 1, 1917, receiving sharply lower benefits. Using restricted-use versions of the National Mortality Detail File combined with Census data, we use this quasi experiment to examine the income...