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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Friedberg 2000: Social Security Earnings Test<br />

Uses CPS data on labor supply of retirees receiving Social Security<br />

benefits<br />

Studies bunching based on responses to Social Security earnings test<br />

Earnings test: phaseout of SS benefits above an exempt amount<br />

Phaseout rate varies by age group - 50%, 33%, 0 (lower for older<br />

workers)<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> ()<strong>Part</strong> 5: Income Taxation and Labor Supply 37 / 217

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