The Evolution of Retirement Incentives in the U.S.
Chapter in NBER book Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Reforms and Retirement Incentives (2021), Axel Börsch-Supan and Courtney Coile, editors Employment rates of older men and women in the U.S. have been rising for the past several decades. Over the same period, there have been significant changes in Social Security and private pensions, which may have contributed to this trend. In this study, we examine how the financial incentive to work at older ages has evolved since 1980 as a result of changes in Social Security and private pensions. We find that the implicit tax on work after age 65 has dropped by about 15 percentage points for a typical worker as a result of Social Security reforms; incorporating the change in private pensions, the decline is larger. We provide suggestive evidence that the evolution of retirement incentives has affected retirement behavior. This chapter is no longer available for free download, since the book has been published. To obtain a copy, you must buy the book.Order from Amazon.com
Machine-readable bibliographic record - MARC, RIS, BibTeX This chapter first appeared as NBER working paper w25281, The Evolution of Retirement Incentives in the U.S., Courtney Coile |
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