Studies

Social Security Status Quo versus Reform: What’s the Tradeoff?

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Social Security Choice Paper No. 35. July 22, 2005.

Noble Lies, Liberal Purposes, and Personal Retirement Accounts

By Will Wilkinson. Social Security Choice Paper No. 34. June 28, 2005.

Social Security Choices for the 21st-Century Woman

By Leanne Abdnor. Social Security Choice Paper No. 33. February 24, 2004.

The 6.2 Percent Solution: A Plan for Reforming Social Security

By Michael D. Tanner. Social Security Choice Paper No. 32. February 17, 2004.

The Better Deal: Estimating Rates of Return under a System of Individual Accounts

By Michael D. Tanner. Social Security Choice Paper No. 31. October 28, 2003.

Large Accounts and Small Cash Deficits: Increasing Personal Account Size within a Fiscally Responsible Social Security Reform Framework

By Andrew G. Biggs. Social Security Choice Paper No. 30. April 25, 2003.

Public Opinion and Private Accounts: Measuring Risk and Confidence in Rethinking Social Security

By John Zogby, Regina Bonacci, John Bruce, Will Daley, & Rebecca Wittman. Social Security Choice Paper No. 29. January 6, 2003.

Retirement Finance Reform Issues Facing the European Union

By William G. Shipman. Social Security Choice Paper No. 28. January 2, 2003.

Perspectives on the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security

By Andrew G. Biggs. Social Security Choice Paper No. 27. August 22, 2002.

The Trust Fund, the Surplus, and the Real Social Security Problem

By June O’Neill. Social Security Choice Paper No. 26. April 9, 2002.

A Proposed Legal, Regulatory, and Operational Structure for an Investment-Based Social Security System

By Charles E. Rounds Jr.. Social Security Choice Paper No. 25. February 19, 2002.

No Second Best: The Unappetizing Alternatives to Social Security Privatization

By Michael D. Tanner. Social Security Choice Paper No. 24. January 29, 2002.

The Impact of Social Security Reform on Low-Income Workers

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Social Security Choice Paper No. 23. December 6, 2001.

Reengineering Social Security in the New Economy

By Thomas F. Siems. Social Security Choice Paper No. 22. January 23, 2001.

Social Security: Is It “A Crisis that Doesn’t Exist”?

By Andrew G. Biggs. Social Security Choice Paper No. 21. October 5, 2000.

“Saving” Social Security Is Not Enough

By Michael D. Tanner. Social Security Choice Paper No. 20. May 25, 2000.

Property Rights: The Hidden Issue of Social Security Reform

By Charles E. Rounds Jr.. Social Security Choice Paper No. 19. April 19, 2000.

Social Security Is Still a Hopelessly Bad Deal for Today’s Workers

By Peter J. Ferrara. Social Security Choice Paper No. 18. November 29, 1999.

Chile’s Private Pension System at 18: Its Current State and Future Challenges

By L. Jacobo Rodríguez. Social Security Choice Paper No. 17. July 30, 1999.

State and Local Government Retirement Programs: Lessons in Alternatives to Social Security

By Carrie Lips. Social Security Choice Paper No. 16. March 17, 1999.

Administration Costs and the Relative Efficiency of Public and Private Social Security Systems

By Robert Genetski. Social Security Choice Paper No. 15. March 9, 1999.

The Moral Case for Social Security Privatization

By Daniel Shapiro. Social Security Choice Paper No. 14. October 29, 1998.

Facts and Fantasies about Transition Costs

By William G. Shipman. Social Security Choice Paper No. 13. October 13, 1998.

The Benefits of Social Security Privatization for Women

By Ekaterina Shirley and Peter Spiegler. Social Security Choice Paper No. 12. July 20, 1998.

The Myth of the 2.2 Percent Solution

By Neil Howe and Richard Jackson. Social Security Choice Paper No. 11. June 15, 1998.