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Privatizing Social Security in the U.S.: Comparing the Options: Technical Paper 1998-4

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  • Laurence J. Kotlikoff
  • Kent Smetters
  • Jan Walliser

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This paper considers alternative ways to privatize the U.S. Social Security system. It does so using a new rational-expectations simulation model based on the Auerbach and Kotlikoff (1987) model. The new model incorporates intra-as well as intergenerational heterogeneity and is closely calibrated to U.S. fiscal institutions. Three different dimensions of privatization are considered: the choice of the tax used to finance the transition, the degree of voluntary participation in the new retirement system, and the method of making the new system progressive.

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  • Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Kent Smetters & Jan Walliser, 1998. "Privatizing Social Security in the U.S.: Comparing the Options: Technical Paper 1998-4," Working Papers 14078, Congressional Budget Office.
    • Handle: RePEc:cbo:wpaper:14078
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    1. Elder, Erick & Holland, Larry, 2000. "Social Security reform: the effect of investing in equities," Financial Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 93-106, 00.

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