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EBRI Social Security Research Program

(updated July 5, 2006)

Table of Contents

What's New on Social Security from EBRI

EBRI Social Security Research Program Information

Links to Other Web Sites on Social Security

Administering Individual Social Security Accounts

EBRI Issue Briefs, Notes Articles, and Policy Forums

Congressional Testimony on Social Security From EBRI

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What's New on Social Security from EBRI

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• June 10, 2006—Estimating the Value of Changes in OASI Benefits Under Social Security Reforms—EBRI Notes, June 2006.
• April 10, 2006—Changes in the OASI Benefit Distribution Under Various Social Security Reform Alternatives—EBRI Notes, April 2006.
• July 14, 2005—Social Security Reform: The Importance of Disability Insurance and Annuities in Individual Accounts—EBRI Notes, July 2005.
• May 5, 2005—Comparing Social Security Reform Options—EBRI Issue Brief, May 2005.
• June 15, 2004—The Inflation Rate and the Actuarial Balance of the OASDI Trust Funds—EBRI Notes, June 2004.
• May 12, 2003—Social Security Actuarial Balance and the Labor Force Participation Rate—EBRI Notes, May 2003.

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EBRI Social Security Research Program Information

• Fact Sheet (updated May 17, 2006)
• June 13, 2006 Press Release—"Study Details Impact of Reform Alternatives on Social Security Benefits"
• April 11, 2006 Press Release—"Articles Focus on Social Security, Tax Treatment of Benefits"
• July 14, 2005 Press Release—Social Security Reform: The Importance of Disability Insurance and Annuities in Individual Accounts
• May 5, 2005 Press Release—Study Shows How Policy Options, Other Variables Could Affect Benefit Levels in Social Security
• May 12, 2003 Press Release—Growing Labor Force Participation by Older Workers May Reduce Stress on Social Security Retirement Fund
• September 26, 2001 Press Release—Social Security Individual Account Administration
• May 31, 2001 Press Release— Not All Social Security Reforms Are Equal
• October 11, 2000 Press Release— Gender Differences in Earnings Would Contribute to Big Disparity in Social Security Investment Accounts

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Links to Related Websites and On-Line Articles

• Social Security Website Links—links to other sites related to the Social Security Program (updated on May 17, 2006)
  

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Administering Social Security Individual Accounts

• "Individual Social Security Accounts: Administrative Issues" EBRI Issue Brief no. 237, September 2001
• "Small Employer Survey on Individual Social Security Account Administration"  April 1999 EBRI Notes
• April 16, 1999 Press Release—The Small Business Community and Individual Social Security Accounts
• "Are Individual Social Security Accounts Feasible?"  March 1999 EBRI Notes
• March 24, 1999 Press Release—Small-Business Owners React to Social Security Individual Accounts
• "Individual Social Security Accounts: Issues in Assessing Administrative Feasibility and Costs" EBRI Issue Brief no.203 and Special Report no. SR-34, November 1998

December 2, 1998 Policy Forum—"Beyond Ideology: Are Individual Social Security Accounts Feasible?"

• Agenda

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EBRI Issue Briefs, Notes Articles, and Policy Forums

• "Estimating the Value of Changes in OASI Benefits Under Social Security Reforms"—EBRI Notes, June 2006
• "Changes in the OASI Benefit Distribution Under Various Social Security Reform Alternatives"—EBRI Notes, April 2006
• "Social Security Reform: The Importance of Disability Insurance and Annuities in Individual Accounts"—EBRI Notes, July 2005
• "Comparing Social Security Reform Options"—EBRI Issue Brief, May 2005.
• "The Inflation Rate and the Actuarial Balance of the OASDI Trust Funds"—EBRI Notes, June 2004.
• "Social Security Actuarial Balance and the Labor Force Participation Rate"—EBRI Notes, May 2003.
• "Social Security: Unemployment and Immigration"—EBRI Notes, April 2002.
• "Productivity Growth and the Actuarial Balance of the Social Security Program"—EBRI Notes, November 2001.
• "Individual Social Security Accounts: Administrative Issues"—EBRI Issue Brief no. 237, September 2001.
• "Public and Employer Opinion on Social Security and Social Security Reform"—Prepared for the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security by request, EBRI Special Report, August 2001.
• "Social Security: Not All Reform Approaches Are Equal"—EBRI Notes, May 2001.
• "The Impact of Workers' Earnings Profiles on Individual Account Accumulation"—EBRI Notes, October 2000.
• "Evaluating the Archer-Shaw Social Security Proposal"—EBRI Notes, June 2000.
• "Do the Social Security Projections Underestimate Future Longevity?"—EBRI Notes, November 1999.
• "Implications of Investing Social Security Funds in Financial Markets"—EBRI Notes, September 1999.
• "Social Security Reform: Evaluating Current Proposals"  EBRI Issue Brief no. 210, June 1999.
• "Social Security, Retirement Incentives, and Retirement Behavior: An International Perspective"  EBRI Issue Brief no. 209, May 1999.
• "Small Employer Survey on Individual Social Security Account Administration"  April 1999 EBRI Notes
• "Are Individual Social Security Accounts Feasible?"  March 1999 EBRI Notes.
• "Individual Social Security Accounts: Issues in Assessing Administrative Feasibility and Costs" EBRI Issue Brief no.203 and EBRI Special Report no. SR-34, November 1998.
• "Keeping Track of Social Security Reform Proposals: An Update" April 1998 EBRI Notes.
• "How Do Individual Social Security Accounts Stack Up?" EBRI Issue Brief no. 195, March 1998.
• "Chilean Social Security Reform as a Prototype for Other Nations" August 1997 EBRI Notes.
• "A Framework for Analyzing and Comparing Social Security Policies" March 1997 EBRI Issue Brief no. 183.
• "Keeping Track of Social Security Reform Proposals: A Summary" November 1996 EBRI Notes.

December 2, 1998 Policy Forum—"Beyond Ideology: Are Individual Social Security Accounts Feasible?"

• Agenda

December 4, 1996 Policy Forum—"A Framework for Comparing Social Security Reform Proposals"

• Statement at Forum by Dallas Salisbury
• Assessing Social Security Reform Alternatives: A Report on EBRI's December 4, 1996 Policy Forum

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Congressional Testimony on Social Security from EBRI

• Testimony of Dallas L. Salisbury Before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Hearing on "Retirement Policy Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging Society," May 19, 2005.
• Testimony of Dallas L. Salisbury Before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Hearing on "Efforts to Inform the Public on Social Security," April 11, 2000.
• Testimony of Dallas Salisbury Before The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Hearing on "Social Security's Goals and Criteria for Assessing Reforms," March 25, 1999.
• Written Statement of Kelly Olsen, The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Hearing on "The Future of Social Security for this Generation and the Next," June 3, 1998.
• Testimony of Dallas L. Salisbury Before The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Hearing on "The Future of Social Security for This Generation and the Next," October 23, 1997
• Statement of Kelly Olsen and Paul Yakoboski, House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, "The Future Of Social Security for This Generation and the Next", June 24, 1997