Workers Should Want to Pay More for Social Security.
One controversial aspect of the current Social Security system has been the relative distribution of its net costs and benefits between employers and workers. Using simple supply and demand analysis, we demonstrate that proponents and opponents of the current system are making arguments that support...
| Publicado en: | Economic Inquiry Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 753 - 759 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
October 2006
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