Research, Statistics, & Policy Analysis

Social Security Bulletin

 
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The Social Security Bulletin's "Perspectives" section welcomes rigorous, clearly written manuscripts from persons in the social and behavioral sciences, as well as from those in the humanities and in other professions, particularly manuscripts that may have implications for social policy. For more information, please see our Perspectives—Paper Submission Guidelines.

Note: The findings and conclusions presented in the Bulletin are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Social Security Administration.

2009

Vol. 69 No. 3

(released October 2009)

Includes articles on:

  • The Disappearing Defined Benefit Pension and Its Potential Impact on the Retirement Incomes of Baby Boomers
    by Barbara A. Butrica, Howard M. Iams, Karen E. Smith, and Eric J. Toder
  • Social Security Administration's Master Earnings File: Background Information
    by Anya Olsen and Russell Hudson
  • Occupations of SSI Recipients Who Work
    by Jeffrey Hemmeter
  • An Empirical Study of the Effects of Social Security Reforms on Benefit Claiming Behavior and Receipt Using Public-Use Administrative Microdata
    by Hugo Benítez-Silva and Na Yin

Vol. 69 No. 2

(released July 2009)

Includes articles on:

  • Measurement Issues Associated with Using Survey Data Matched with Administrative Data from the Social Security Administration
    by Paul S. Davies and T. Lynn Fisher
  • Retiring in Debt? Differences between the 1995 and 2004 Near-Retiree Cohorts
    by Chris E. Anguelov and Christopher R. Tamborini
  • Introduction and Overview of the 2009 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds
  • The Story of the Social Security Number
    by Carolyn Puckett
  • Tribute to John "Jack" Carroll

Vol. 69 No. 1

(released May 2009)

Includes articles on:

  • Earnings Sharing in Social Security: Projected Impacts of Alternative Proposals Using the MINT Model
    by Howard M. Iams, Gayle L. Reznik, and Christopher R. Tamborini
  • Examining Social Security Benefits as a Retirement Resource for Near-Retirees, by Race and Ethnicity, Nativity, and Disability Status
    by Benjamin Bridges, Jr. and Sharmila Choudhury
  • Elderly Poverty and Supplemental Security Income
    by Joyce Nicholas and Michael Wiseman
  • Uses of Administrative Data at the Social Security Administration
    by Jennifer McNabb, David Timmons, Jae G. Song, and Carolyn Puckett

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