Post-1969 immigration and the example of the insolvency of the Social Security system

被引：2

作者：

Huddle, DL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Rice Univ, Dept Econ, Houston, TX 77005 USA

来源：

POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENT | 1998年 / 19卷 / 06期

关键词：

Social Security; Security System; Social Security System; Benefit Structure; Income Profile;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1024664608242

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Advocates of immigration to save Social Security (S.S.) assume that a pay-as-you-go system will work over the long run. That assumption is not shared by the Social Security Board of Trustees. Reflection shows that it would entail ever-larger new cohorts of immigrants to support those who are retiring, in effect, a Ponzi scheme. In fact, the benefits structure of the S.S. system, which pays out proportionately more to low-wage earners than to high-wage earners relative to their contributions, taken together with the income profile of post-1969 immigrants, means that the more immigration which occurs, the deeper into insolvency the system falls.

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页码：533 / 539

页数：7