Mortality differentials by lifetime earnings decile: Implications for evaluations of proposed social security law changes

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-37

  Waldron, Hilary ^a  

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AGED; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

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