Framing social security reform: Behavioral responses to changes in the full retirement age

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 41-67

  Behaghel, Luc ^a   Blau, David M ^b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873518313     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.4.41     Document Type: Article

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