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American Economic Review 1998

Social Security and the Real Economy: An Inquiry Into Some Neglected Issues

Isaac Ehrlich1; Jian-Guo Zhong2

1 University at Buffalo, State University of New York · 2 Fleet Financial Group

Abstract

The debate concerning the effects of payas-you-go (PAYG), defined-benefits, social security systems on the real economy has focused on private savings (Robert J. Barro, 1978; Martin Feldstein, 1997). We expand the inquiry to neglected effects on economic growth and underlying family choices. Our inquiry is based on Ehrlich and Francis T. Lui's (1998) model of the relationships among social security, the family, and endogenous growth.

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