Welfare for the elderly: The effects of SSI on pre-retirement labor supply

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 51-80

  Neumark, David ^a   Powers, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

H31; J14; J18; Labor supply; Retirement; SSI

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288014     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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