Social security and the retirement and savings behavior of low-income households

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 21-42

  van der Klaauw, Wilbert ^a   Wolpin, Kenneth I ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Retirement; Social security; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); ESTIMATION; FINANCE; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WAGES;

ESTIMATED MODEL; HEALTH STATUS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRUCTURAL ESTIMATION;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 50049122942     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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