How did the elimination of the US earnings test above the normal retirement age affect labour supply expectations?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-231

  Michaud, Pierre Carl ^a   Van Soest, Arthur ^a,b,c  

^a RAND   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Difference in differences; Expectations; Panel data; Retirement; Social security earnings test

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350233141     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2008.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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