Means testing social security income versus wealth Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier and Nahid Tabatabai
By: Gustman, Alan L
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Contributor(s): Steinmeier, Thomas L | Tabatabayi, Nahid.
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ArticlePublisher: 2017Subject(s): SEGURIDAD SOCIAL | REDISTRIBUCION | RENTA | PENSIONES DE JUBILACIÓN | ESTADOS UNIDOS
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National tax journal v. 70, n. 1, March 2017, p. 111-132Summary: A Social Security means test targeting benefit recipients in the top quarter o f the income distribution will have substantially different distributional effects from a means test targeting the top quarter o f wealth holders. Only 14.5 percent o f individuals fall in the top quarters o f both the income and wealth distributions. A means test based on income will reduce benefits for 10.5 percent o f individuals who fall outside the top quarter o f wealth holders,while a means test based on wealth willhave similar consequences for those who fall outside the top quarter o f the incomedistribution.
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A Social Security means test targeting benefit recipients in the top quarter o f the income distribution will have substantially different distributional effects from a means test targeting the top quarter o f wealth holders. Only 14.5 percent o f individuals fall in the top quarters o f both the income and wealth distributions. A means test based on income will reduce benefits for 10.5 percent o f individuals who fall outside the top quarter o f wealth holders,while a means test based on wealth willhave similar consequences for those who fall outside the top quarter o f the incomedistribution.
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