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Title: The Effects of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 on Employment Status, Alcohol Consumption, and Depression

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: Nearly four decades ago, Congress passed the Social Security Amendments of 1983. The changes were significant, and they pressured people to delay retirement. In this thesis, I use individual-level data from the Annual and Social Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey and the Health Retirement Study to analyze the effects of the amendments. The amendments affect individuals at the same age, but across different years. Year of birth determines treatment by the amendments. I control for year of birth and age effects in a difference-in-difference model and interact treatment with age to identify the effects of the amendments on employment status, alcohol consumption, and depression. I find ambiguous evidence of the effects of the amendments on employment status, no evidence of an effect of the amendments on alcohol consumption, and questionable evidence of an effect on depression.

Url: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/981/

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Authors: DelGenio, Adam

Institution: City University of New York

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Pages: 1-29

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Health, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare

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