Lifetime distributional effects of Social Security retirement benefits

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-41

  Smith, Karen ^a   Toder, Eric ^b   Iams, Howard ^c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Internal Revenue Service   (United States)

^c SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCOME TAX; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543109016     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: 00377910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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