2000 – Publication Years

Disability, Early, and Normal Retirement

June 14, 2018
Uncategorized

How Effective is Redistribution Under the Social Security Benefit Formula?

June 14, 2018
Family dynamics, Health and Retirement Study, Social Security

This paper uses earnings histories from the Social Security Administration, linked to the survey responses for participants in the Health and Retirement Study, to investigate redistribution under the current social security benefit formula. As advertised, own benefits are significantly redistributed…

Retirement and Wealth

June 14, 2018
Retirement

This paper analyzes the relationship between retirement and wealth. In a simple model where the only heterogeneity is in leisure preference, other things the same, those who retire early accumulate more wealth while still working, enabling them to support themselves…

Health Limitations and Early Retirement

June 14, 2018
Uncategorized

Retirement Responses to Early Social Security Benefit Reductions

June 14, 2018
Health and Retirement Study, Retirement, Social Security

This paper evaluates potential responses to reductions in early Social Security retirement benefits. Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) linked to administrative records, we find that Social Security coverage is quite uneven in the older population: one-quarter of respondents…

Marriage, Divorce and the Work and Earning Careers of Spouses

June 14, 2018
Family dynamics

Social Security benefits depend on the employment and earnings history of the covered worker, but, especially for women, they depend on one’s marital history and the employment and earnings history of one’s spouse. This paper examines the interrelationship between marriage,…

Personal Accounts and Social Security Reform

June 14, 2018
Uncategorized

Saving for Retirement: Household Bargaining and Household Net Worth

June 14, 2018
Family dynamics, Health and Retirement Study, Retirement, retirement savings

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…

» Publications

Disability, Early, and Normal Retirement

How Effective is Redistribution Under the Social Security Benefit Formula?

Retirement and Wealth

Health Limitations and Early Retirement

Retirement Responses to Early Social Security Benefit Reductions

Marriage, Divorce and the Work and Earning Careers of Spouses

Personal Accounts and Social Security Reform

Saving for Retirement: Household Bargaining and Household Net Worth

Stochastic Modeling of the Dynamics of OASDI

Saving for Retirement: Household Bargaining and Household Net Worth