How Have People Responded to Changes in the Retirement Earnings Test in 2000? - Text description for the line chart "Probability of an increase in earnings between t1 and t2 for those aged 65

Probability of an increase in earnings between t1 and t2 for those aged 65–69, by age at end of t1 (in percent)
Age at end of t1	t1=1996 t2=1997	t1=1997 t2=1998	t1=1998 t2=1999	t1=1999 t2=2000	t1=2000 t2=2001	t1=2001 t2=2002	t1=2002 t2=2003
Age at end of t1	t1=1996 t2=1997	t1=1997 t2=1998	t1=1998 t2=1999	t1=1999 t2=2000	t1=2000 t2=2001	t1=2001 t2=2002	t1=2002 t2=2003	Earnings at t1 are greater than or equal to zero
65	16.58	17.36	17.73	19.44	19.35	18.37	18.40
66	14.75	15.91	16.20	18.10	17.74	17.08	16.32
67	13.30	13.89	14.10	16.23	15.56	14.57	14.95
68	11.10	12.01	11.99	13.70	13.86	13.46	13.01
69	9.97	10.41	11.01	11.57	11.69	11.16	11.19
	Earnings at t1 are greater than zero
65	14.38	15.26	15.41	16.65	17.36	16.53	16.38
66	12.68	13.66	14.17	15.18	15.92	15.22	14.33
67	11.27	12.01	12.16	13.85	13.86	12.84	13.04
68	9.52	10.51	10.42	11.39	12.36	11.93	11.42
69	8.56	8.93	9.29	9.64	10.09	9.92	9.87
SOURCE: Authors' tabulations using the 1 percent extract of the Social Security Administration's Master Earnings File and Master Beneficiary Record.