Tag: Social Security Progressivity
New data show strong relationship between earnings and life expectancy. As part of its review of a recent proposal, the Social Security actuaries provided another contribution to the extensive body of evidence showing that life expectancy is positively related to income and that the gap between those at the top and the bottom of t…
Including disability benefits provides a more complete picture. The Social Security actuaries just released a study that takes a new look at the progressivity of the Social Security program – that is, the extent to which it pays relatively more generous benefits to low earners than to high earners. The usual story focuses on “money’s…
