2002
The New Social Security Commission Personal Accounts: Where is the Investment Principal?
IB 2002-031 , UM02-02
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The Retirement Behavior of Federal Civil Service Workers
IB 2002-026 , UM01-09
We examine the retirement behavior of federal civil service workers. This research contributes to the literature that more generally examines how retirement behavior responds to financial incentives. The civil service workers in our study provide an interesting case study because…
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Wealth Shocks and Retirement Timing: Evidence from the Nineties
IB 2002-027 , UM00-D1
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2001
2000
Retirement Responses to Early Social Security Benefit Reductions
IB 2000-006 , UM99-01
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How Effective Is Redistribution Under The Social Security Benefit Formula?
IB 2000-005 , UM99-04
Traditional economic models treat the household as a single individual, and do not allow for separate preferences of and possible conflicts of interest between husbands and wives. Since wives are typically younger than their husbands and life expectancy for women…
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