Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ522594
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Responses to Social Security by Men and Women: Myopic and Far-Sighted Behavior.
Reimers, Cordelia; Honig, Marjorie
Journal of Human Resources, v31 n2 p359-82 Spr 1996
Social Security earnings tests do not deter women from working, whereas men respond to current benefits and their labor force participation is inhibited by the tests. Increases in the delayed retirement benefit increased the labor supply of older women, but not older men. (SK)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Females, Labor Force Nonparticipants, Males, Retirement, Retirement Benefits, Risk, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Social Security
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