1. Redistribution in the Current U.S. Social Security System
Jeffrey B. Liebman
Comment: Gary Burtless
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2. Guaranteed Income: SSI and the Well-Being of the Elderly Poor
Kathleen McGarry
Comment: Bruce D. Meyer
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3. The Impact of Social Security and Other Factors on the Distribution of Wealth
Jagadeesh Gokhale and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Comment: R. Glenn Hubbard
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4. Social Security and Inequality over the Life Cycle
Angus Deaton, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, and Christina Paxson
Comment: James M. Poterba
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5. Long-Run Effects of Social Security Reform Proposals on Lifetime Progressivity
Julia Lynn Coronado, Don Fullerton and Thomas Glass
Comment: Stephen C. Goss
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6. Social Security's Treatment of Postwar Americans: How Bad Can It Get?
Jagadeesh Gokhale and Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Comment: David A. Wise
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7. The Distributional Effects of an Investment-Based Social Security Reform
Martin Feldstein and Jeffrey B. Liebman
Comment: John B. Shoven
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8. Distributional Effects in a General Equilibrium Analysis of Social Security
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Kent Smetters and Jan Walliser
Comment: James E. Duggan and David W. Wilcox
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9. The Economics of Bequests in Pensions and Social Security
Martin Feldstein and Elena Ranguelova
Comment: Jonathan Skinner
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10. Differential Mortality and the Value of Individual Account Retirement Annuities
Jeffrey R. Brown
Comment: Andrew A. Samwick
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Appendix: Estimating Life Tables That Reflect Socioeconomic Differences in Mortality
Jeffrey R. Brown, Jeffrey B. Liebman, and Joshua Pollet