Working the graveyard shift: Why raising the Social Security retirement age is not the answer
By Monique Morrissey
Emily Garr
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009 | Briefing Paper #232
Working the graveyard shift
Why raising the Social Security retirement age is not the answer
by Monique Morrissey and Emily Garr
EPI economist Monique Morrissey, along with Emily Garr, look at whether postponing retirement is a viable “fix” for Social Security, since Americans are already working longer into old age. Raising Social Security’s early and normal retirement age would be especially hard on lower-income and minority workers, given large and growing disparities in life expectancy.
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