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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Pierre-Carl Michaud and Arthur van Soest ISSN: Print 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Published in: Fiscal Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2, June 2008
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 197 - 231
JEL classification: H55, J22
We look at the effect of the 2000 repeal of the earnings test above the normal retirement age (NRA) on the self-reported probabilities of working full-time after ages 65 and 62 of male workers in the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Using administrative records on social security benefit entitlements linked to the HRS survey data, we can distinguish groups of respondents according to the predicted effect of the earnings test before its repeal on their marginal wage rate after the NRA. We use panel data models with fixed and random effects to investigate the effect of the repeal. We find that male workers whose predicted marginal wage rate increased because the earnings test was repealed had the largest increase in the subjective probability of working full-time after age 65. We find no significant effects of the repeal on the subjective probability of working full-time past age 62. Search |
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