PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gelber, Alexander
AU  - Jones, Damon
AU  - Sacks, Daniel W.
AU  - Song, Jae
TI  - The Employment Effects of the Social Security Earnings Test
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.57.2.1018-9830R2
DP  - 2022 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 341--371
VI  - 57
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/2/341.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/57/2/341.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2022 Mar 01; 57
AB  - We investigate the impact of the Social Security annual earnings test (AET) on the employment decisions of older Americans. The AET reduces Social Security benefits by one dollar for every two dollars earned above the exempt amount. Using a differences-in-differences design, we find that the employment rate of those predicted to become subject to the AET decreases substantially relative to those not predicted to become subject to it. The point estimates suggest that the AET reduces the employment rate of Americans aged 63–64 by at least 1.2 percentage points.