Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Redistribution in the Current U.S. Social Security System 11
6. 2. Guaranteed Income: SSI and the Well-Being of the Elderly Poor 49
7. 3. The Impact of Social Security and Other Factors on the Distribution of Wealth 85
8. 4. Social Security and Inequality over the Life Cycle 115
9. 5. Long-Run Effects of Social Security Reform Proposals on Lifetime Progressivity 149
10. 6. Social Security’s Treatment of Postwar Americans: How Bad Can It Get? 207
11. 7. The Distributional Effects of an Investment-Based Social Security System 263
12. 8. Distributional Effects in a General Equilibrium Analysis of Social Security 327
13. 9. The Economics of Bequests in Pensions and Social Security 371
14. 10. Differential Mortality and the Value of Individual Account Retirement Annuities 401
15. Appendix: Estimating Life Tables That Reflect Socioeconomic Differences in Mortality 447
16. Contributors 459
17. Author Index 461
18. Subject Index 465