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Early Social Security Claiming and Old-Age Poverty: Evidence from the Introduction of the Social Security Early Eligibility Age

Gary V. Engelhardt, Jonathan Gruber and Anil Kumar
Published online before print July 08, 2020, 0119-9973R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.4.0119-9973R1
Gary V. Engelhardt
Engelhardt is a professor of economics at Syracuse University (). Gruber is a professor of economics at MIT and a research associate at the NBER (). Kumar is an economic policy advisor and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ().
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Jonathan Gruber
Engelhardt is a professor of economics at Syracuse University (). Gruber is a professor of economics at MIT and a research associate at the NBER (). Kumar is an economic policy advisor and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ().
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Anil Kumar
Engelhardt is a professor of economics at Syracuse University (). Gruber is a professor of economics at MIT and a research associate at the NBER (). Kumar is an economic policy advisor and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ().
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0119-9973R1
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.4.0119-9973R1
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0022-166X
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  1. Engelhardt is a professor of economics at Syracuse University (gvengelh{at}syr.edu). Gruber is a professor of economics at MIT and a research associate at the NBER (gruberj{at}mit.edu). Kumar is an economic policy advisor and senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (anil.kumar{at}dal.frb.org).

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Gary V. Engelhardt, Jonathan Gruber, Anil Kumar
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