Framing Social Security Reform: Behavioral Responses to Changes in the Full Retirement Age

Luc Behaghel 1, 2 David M. Blau 3, 4
1 PSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics
3 OSU - Ohio State University [Columbus]
4 IZA - Institute for the Study of Labor
Abstract : We use a US Social Security reform as a quasi-experiment to provide evidence on framing effects in retirement behavior. The reform increased the full retirement age (FRA) from 65 to 66 in two-month increments per year of birth. We find strong evidence that the spike in the benefit claiming hazard at 65 moved in lockstep along with the FRA. Results on self-reported retirement and exit from employment go in the same direction. The responsiveness to the new FRA is stronger for people with higher cognitive skills. We interpret the findings as evidence of reference dependence with loss aversion.
Keywords : Intertemporal Consumer Choice Life Cycle Models and Saving Social Security and Public Pensions Economics of the Elderly Economics of the Handicapped Non-labor Market Discrimination Retirement Retirement Policies
Type de document :
Article dans une revue
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, 2012, 4 (4), pp.41-67. 〈10.1257/pol.4.4.41〉
Liste complète des métadonnées
https://hal-pjse.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00772844
Contributeur : Caroline Bauer <>
Soumis le : vendredi 11 janvier 2013 - 11:22:05
Dernière modification le : mardi 24 avril 2018 - 17:20:14

Lien texte intégral

openaccess

Identifiants

Collections

PARISTECH | ENPC | EHESS | PJSE | PJSE_PP | LABEX-OSE | ENS-PARIS | INRA | PSL

Citation

Luc Behaghel, David M. Blau. Framing Social Security Reform: Behavioral Responses to Changes in the Full Retirement Age. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, 2012, 4 (4), pp.41-67. 〈10.1257/pol.4.4.41〉. 〈hal-00772844〉

Exporter

BibTeX TEI DC DCterms EndNote

Partager

Métriques

Consultations de la notice

560

Contact

support.ccsd.cnrs.fr
hal.support@ccsd.cnrs.fr
Logo CCSD