Gustman, Alan; Steinmeier, Thomas; Tabatabai, Nahid - Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan - 2014
This paper examines the distributional implications of introducing additional means testing of Social Security benefits … where proceeds are used to help balance Social Security’s finances. Benefits of the top quarter of households ranked … according to the relevant measure of means are reduced using a modified version of the Social Security Windfall Elimination …