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Publication Date: January 2005
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s): Dean Baker; Mark Weisbrot
Research Area: Economics
Keywords: Elderly; Retirement benefits; Wage inequality
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This paper enumerates the flaws in a recent study by the Social Security Administration that relied on questionable assumptions to conclude that a projected shortfall in Social Security in 2042 would double the senior poverty rate from 2 to 4 percent.