In this book Peter Diamond analyzes social security as a particular example of optimal taxation theory. Assuming a … security and the design of incentives to delay retirement beyond the earliest age of eligibility for benefits. Before analyzing … these models, Diamond presents introductions to optimal income tax theory and the theory of incomplete markets. He …

to those rules. This research derives a theory of retirement that views retirement as a special type of labor supply … that makes low hours of work unattractive. The theory is tractable analytically, and therefore well-suited for analyzing … proposals that affect Social Security. This research examines how retirement age varies with generosity of Social Security …

contribution scheme. In particular we examine the relationship between retirement, fertility and pensions in a three …-period overlapping generations model. We focus on both the case of mandatory retirement and the case where the retirement age is freely … chosen. In the case of mandatory retirement, increasing longevity has an unambiguously negative impact on fertility and …

decisions as well as novel mechanisms governing these trade-offs. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study and the … Security benefits prior to their normal retirement age, despite large penalties associated with these early benefit claims. We …