Research, Statistics, & Policy Analysis
Social Security Bulletin
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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
- Social Security Administration's Master Earnings File: Background Information
- Occupations of SSI Recipients Who Work
- An Empirical Study of the Effects of Social Security Reforms on Benefit Claiming Behavior and Receipt Using Public-Use Administrative Microdata
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
- Retiring in Debt? Differences between the 1995 and 2004 Near-Retiree Cohorts
- 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
- 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
- Examining Social Security Benefits as a Retirement Resource for Near-Retirees, by Race and Ethnicity, Nativity, and Disability Status
- Elderly Poverty and Supplemental Security Income
- Uses of Administrative Data at the Social Security Administration
2008
- Vol. 68 No. 4 (released March 2009)
- Vol. 68 No. 3 (released December 2008)
- Vol. 68 No. 2 (released October 2008)
- Vol. 68 No. 1 (released August 2008)
2007
- Vol. 67, No. 4 (released June 2008)
- Vol. 67, No. 3 (released April 2008)
- Vol. 67, No. 2 (released February 2008)
- Vol. 67, No. 1 (released August 2007)
2005/2006 and 2005
- Vol. 66, No. 4 (released April 2007)
- Vol. 66, No. 3 (released August 2006)
- Vol. 66, No. 2 (released May 2006)
- Vol. 66, No. 1 (released September 2005)
2003/2004
- Vol. 65, No. 4 (released May 2005)
- Vol. 65, No. 3 (released January 2005)
- Vol. 65, No. 2 (released August 2004)
- Vol. 65, No. 1 (released May 2004)
2001/2002
- Vol. 64, No. 4 (released June 2003)
- Vol. 64, No. 3 (released January 2003)
- Vol. 64, No. 2 (released September 2002)
- Vol. 64, No. 1 (released April 2002)
2000
- Vol. 63, No. 4 (released September 2001)
- Vol. 63, No. 3 (released July 2001)
- Vol. 63, No. 2 (released December 2000)
- Vol. 63, No. 1 (released July 2000)
1999
- Vol. 62, No. 4 (released April 2000)
- Vol. 62, No. 3 (released January 2000)
- Vol. 62, No. 2 (released September 1999)
- Vol. 62, No. 1 (released June 1999)
1998
- Vol. 61, No. 4 (released October 1998)
- Vol. 61, No. 3 (released July 1998)
- Vol. 61, No. 2 (released April 1998)
- Vol. 61, No. 1 (released January 1998)
1997
- Vol. 60, No. 4 (released October 1997)
- Vol. 60, No. 3 (released June 1997)
- Vol. 60, No. 2 (released April 1997)
- Vol. 60, No. 1 (released January 1997)
1996
- Vol. 59, No. 4 (released October 1996)
- Vol. 59, No. 3 (released July 1996)
- Vol. 59, No. 2 (released April 1996)
- Vol. 59, No. 1 (released January 1996)
1995
- Vol. 58, No. 4 (released October 1995)
- Vol. 58, No. 3 (released July 1995)
- Vol. 58, No. 2 (released April 1995)
- Vol. 58, No. 1 (released January 1995)
