Who claimed Social Security early due to the Great Recession?

Rutledge, Matthew S., Norma B. Coe, and Kendrew Wong. “Who claimed Social Security early due to the Great Recession?”. Issue in Brief 12-14, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, July 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103933.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) The severity of the Great Recession is projected to have increased the probability of claiming Social Security at age 62 by more than 5 percentage points. (2) This increase was relatively uniform across the income spectrum. (3) The affected individuals claimed six months earlier, resulting in a 4.6 percent reduction in monthly benefits.

Title
Who claimed Social Security early due to the Great Recession?
Author
Rutledge, Matthew S.
Coe, Norma B.
Wong, Kendrew
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
July 2012
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
12-14
Version Identification
Version of record.
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103933
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Subject
Social Security

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