Social security expectations and retirement savings decisions
By: Jeff Dominitz, Charles F. Manski, Jordan Heinz.
Contributors: Manski, Charles F.; Heinz, Jordan.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper  8718; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no.  8718.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Social security.; Retirement income.
Description: "Retirement savings decisions should depend on expectations of Social Security retirement income.  Persons may be uncertain of their future Social Security benefits for several reasons, including uncertainty about their future labor earnings, the formula now determining social security benefits, and the future structure of the Social Security system.  To learn how Americans perceive their benefits, we have elicited Social Security expectations from respondents to the Survey of Economic Expectations.  We have also performed a more intensive face-to-face survey on a small sample of respondents.  This paper presents the empirical findings.  It also illustrates how data on expectations may help predict how Social Security policy affects retirement savings"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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