Social Security : A Discussion of Some Issues Affecting the Early Retirement Age.

Provides historical background on full retirement age and recent proposals to change retirement ages; and examines certain technical issues surrounding earliest age of retirement, including its effect on the financial status of the Social Security program, the accuracy of reduction factors, whether...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2000.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides historical background on full retirement age and recent proposals to change retirement ages; and examines certain technical issues surrounding earliest age of retirement, including its effect on the financial status of the Social Security program, the accuracy of reduction factors, whether Social Security provides economic incentives to retire early, and the effect of earnings test on early retirement. Analyzes treatment of early retirement under reform proposals and current law.
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