Consumer Price Index for the Elderly : Would It Make Any Difference?

Presents an estimate of how a proposed Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the elderly would have behaved for the period 1978-86 compared with the CPI for workers used for indexing social security benefits to inflation. Discusses problems associated with price index comparisons.

Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Aging. Consumer price indexes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book