The age-based component of Social Security-Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI)-is a
major source of income for most older Americans. For the insured worker, benefit eligibility …

Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment analyzes the changing economic and
demographic environment in which social insurance programs that benefit elderly …

Americans are living longer, which means they are spending a higher proportion of their
lives in retirement, receiving Social Security payments. Yet the government program is a …

An investigation of the impact of the assumed value of the labor force participation rate on
the Old-Age, Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance (OASDI) trust funds' actuarial …

This chapter discusses both the magnitude of the financial crisis facing social security and
the economic and political elements of a solution. Although the social security programme in …

Measuring Social Security's financial outlook within an aging society he US Social Security
program provides an important'first pillar'of retirement income.'Policymakers and the media …

Is the historical development of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)
program unique or similar to the development of social security programs in other …

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program in the United States
makes available a basic level of monthly income upon the attainment of retirement eligibility …

Social Security has faced projected financing shortfalls since the early 1990s, and the trust
funds are expected to be depleted in the next 12-17 years. Reform is becoming increasingly …

This lecture discusses the economic losses that result from an unfunded social security
retirement system and the potential gain from shifting to a funded system. The social security …