Earnings sharing in Social Security: Projected impacts of alternative proposals using the MINT model

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Iams, Howard M ^a   Reznik, Gayle L ^b   Tamborini, Christopher R ^b  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b Office of Retirement Policy (ORP)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COST SHARING; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PUBLIC POLICY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 68349083524     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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