Pecchenino, Rowena A. (1998) Reforming Social Security: A Welfare Analysis. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 80 (2). pp. 19-30. ISSN 0014-9187

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Abstract

The U.S. Social Security System was conceived as a means to ensure a minimum standard of living for the elderly, and it has done so. Poverty rates among the old have dropped, and many retirees can now look forward to a comfortable retirement, funded in part by their Social Security benefits. However, the system's ability to provide future retirees with a comparable retirement income has been called into question, and plans that would fundamentally change the system have been proposed.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Reforming; Social Security; Welfare; Analysis;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
Item ID:	8514
Depositing User:	Prof. Rowena Pecchenino
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2017 08:59
Journal or Publication Title:	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review
Publisher:	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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