Aching to retire? The rise in the full retirement age and its impact on the social security disability rolls

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1327-1350

  Duggan, Mark ^a   Singleton, Perry ^b   Song, Jae ^c  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Retirement; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249714812     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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