Report of the Consultant Panel on Social Security to the Congressional Research Service.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business cycles.

Social security.

Wages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1976.

System Details:

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text file

PDF

Summary:

Appendices (pages 62-119) contain statistical data on wage histories and classifications, and "A Model of Lifetime Earnings Patterns" by Peter Diamond and others, report, with tables and graphs (pages 81-119).

Report, prepared by CRS Consultant Panel on Social Security, examining ways in which the social security automatic benefits adjustment structure could be changed to offset overreaction to changes in price levels. Presents an actuarial analysis of social security reform proposals, suggested revisions of program financing, and analysis of reforms' impact on benefits payable to various categories of beneficiaries, and specific recommendations on reestablishing a balance between social security benefits and their tax costs. Includes numerous graphs and tables throughout.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Report of the Consultant Panel on Social Security to the Congressional Research Service. 76-S362-40

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