Does Social Security continue to favor couples?

Karamcheva, Nadia S., April Yanyuan Wu, and Alicia Haydock Munnell. “Does Social Security continue to favor couples?”. CRR WP 2015-11, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, June 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104713.
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Abstract

While dramatic increases in women's labor supply and earnings have led to a substantial decline in the fraction of women eligible for spouse benefits at retirement, most wives still receive a survivor benefit, as wives still typically have lower earnings than their husbands and live longer. Using the MINT microsimulation model and the HRS data linked with Social Security administrative earnings records, this paper examines the extent to which Social Security continues to favor couples and will do so in the future.

Title
Does Social Security continue to favor couples?
Author
Karamcheva, Nadia S.
Wu, April Yanyuan
Munnell, Alicia Haydock
School
Carroll School of Management
Discipline
Finance
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
working paper
Date Issued
June 2015
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
CRR WP
Series Number
2015-11
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104713
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Subject
State and local pensions

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