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The Effects of Social Security Reforms on Retirement Ages and Retirement Incomes

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dc.contributor.authorFields, Gary S.
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Olivia S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T17:14:50Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T17:14:50Z
dc.date.issued1984-01-01
dc.description.abstractRecent changes legislated in the U.S. Social Security system have altered the economic incentives to work and retire. Some older workers will respond to these new incentives by retiring at different ages. This paper evaluates the signs and magnitudes of these responses. Four specific changes in the structure of Social Security benefits are examined: raising the normal retirement age, delaying the cost-of-living adjustment, lowering early retirement benefits, and increasing late retirement payments. Behavioral parameters are estimated using an ordered logit model of retirement ages; these are used to predict how retirement behavior might respond to each of the four reforms. Predicted changes in retirement ages will be too small to compensate retirees for reductions in benefit formulas. Thus, the Social Security’s financial burden will be eased, but retirees’ incomes will fall on average.
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dc.identifier.other9390896
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/74990
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2727(84)90048-3
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: © Elsevier. Final version published as: Fields, G. S., & Mitchell, O. S. (1984). The effects of social security reforms on retirement ages and retirement incomes. Journal of Public Economics, 25(1-2), 143-159. doi: 10.1016/0047-2727(84)90048-3 Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectSocial Security
dc.subjectreform
dc.subjectretirement age
dc.subjectretirement income
dc.titleThe Effects of Social Security Reforms on Retirement Ages and Retirement Incomes
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationFields, Gary S.: gsf2@cornell.edu Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationMitchell, Olivia S.: Cornell University

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