Social security is the largest and perhaps the most popular program run by the federal government. Given the projected increase in both individual life expectan

The United States social security system is the nation's largest social insurance program. As such, it has a far-reaching impact throughout the economy, influen

In this paper we study the distributional impact of a change from the existing pay-as-you-go Social Security system to one that combines both pay-as-you-go and

Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment analyzes the changing economic and demographic environment in which social insurance programs that benefit elde