scispace - formally typeset
Search or ask a question

How do I change my Social Security dependents? 

Answers from top 7 papers

More filters
Papers (7)Insight
The pattern of intergenerational transfers itself, however, is shown to change with the social security tax rate.
Racial minorities, women, the poor and the elderly tend to dislike a drastic change in the current Social Security system, and Social Security reform ought to pay attention to their concerns.
While such a switch would do away with the transfers that low-wage workers receive through Social Security, it would have the benefit of reducing labor supply distortions.
Most Americans view starting Social Security benefits as simply something that you do upon retiring.1 As a financial decision, however, this naive strategy can prove a costly mistake.
In addition, the current Social Security Statements obscure the extent to which additional years of labor market participation increase the value of Social Security benefits.
However, simply providing annual Social Security reports indicating how a worker's projected benefits are affected by his or her tax contributions could provide substantial increases in economic efficiency.
Relying on the method of difference and process tracing, this article shows that social security change is the result of three combined explanatory factors.