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American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics: Vol. 4 No. 3 (July 2012)
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Social Security Reforms: Benefit Claiming, Labor Force Participation, and Long-Run Sustainability
Article Citation
Imrohoroğlu, Selahattin, and
Sagiri Kitao. 2012. "Social Security Reforms: Benefit Claiming, Labor Force Participation, and Long-Run Sustainability."
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics,
4(3): 96-127.
DOI: 10.1257/mac.4.3.96
DOI: 10.1257/mac.4.3.96
Abstract
This paper develops a general equilibrium life-cycle model with
endogenous labor supply in both intensive and extensive margins, consumption, saving, and benefit claiming to measure the long-run effects of a proposed Social Security reform. Agents in the model face medical expenditure, wage, health, and survival shocks. Raising the normal retirement age by two years increases labor supply by 2.8 percent and the capital stock by 12.6 percent, showing that both margins of adjustment are critical. General equilibrium effects are important to account for the effects of reform on savings, although the effects on labor supply are less important. (JEL D91, E21, H55, I13, J22)
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Imrohoroğlu, Selahattin (U Southern CA)
Kitao, Sagiri (Hunter College, CUNY)
Kitao, Sagiri (Hunter College, CUNY)
JEL Classifications
D91: Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
E21: Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
H55: Social Security and Public Pensions
I13: Health Insurance, Public and Private
J22: Time Allocation and Labor Supply
E21: Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
H55: Social Security and Public Pensions
I13: Health Insurance, Public and Private
J22: Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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