Cost-Neutral Policies to Increase Social Security Benefits for Widows: A Simulation for 1992

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-42

  Iams, Howard M ^a   Sandell, Steven H ^a  

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AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; WIDOWHOOD;

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