Tag: full retirement age

Social Security sign in a garden

Abstract Most married men claim Social Security benefits at age 62 or 63, well short of both Social Security’s Full Retirement Age and the age that maximizes the household’s expected present value of benefits (EPVB).  This results in a loss of less than 4 percent in household EPBV.  But essentially the entire loss is born…

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Abstract While Social Security’s Normal Retirement Age (NRA) is increasing to 67, the Earliest Eligibility Age (EEA) remains at 62.  Similar plans to increase the EEA raise concerns that they would create excessive hardship on workers that are worn-out or in bad health.  One simple rule to increase the EEA is to tie an increas…