How well did social security mitigate the effects of the Great Recession?

DOI10.1111/IERE.12392MaRDI QIDQ3299209zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors William B. Peterman, Kamila Sommer

Publication date 17 July 2020

Published in International Economic Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2014/201413/201413pap.pdf, http://www.kamilasommer.net/Social_Security.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

Great Recessionwelfaresocial security

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Actuarial mathematics (91G05) Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64) Economic growth models (91B62) Welfare economics (91B15)

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