Social Security and Saving: An Update

Typical neoclassical life-cycle models predict that Social Security has a large and negative effect on private savings. We review this theoretical literature by constructing a model where individuals face uninsurable longevity risk and differ by wage earnings, while Social Security provides benefits...

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Published in:Public finance review 2019-03, Vol.47 (2), p.312-348
Main Authors: Slavov, Sita, Gorry, Devon, Gorry, Aspen, Caliendo, Frank N.
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Risk
Savings
Social security
Taxation
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