Inquiry Into Survivor Benefits
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Survivors' Benefits
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 368
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Survivors' Benefits
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Survivors' Benefits
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 55
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 19
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Katherine Grace Carman
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 39
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial Security offers two types of benefits for spouses: spousal and survivor benefits. Regardless of his or her own work history, a married individual can claim spousal Social Security benefits, which are equal to half of his or her spouse's Social Security benefits. Furthermore, a widow or widower can claim survivor benefits and receive or his or her deceased spouse's full benefit if it is larger than his or her own benefit. Ideally, married individuals think about the impact of their Social Security choices on their spouse. However, if people do not fully understand the rules for the spousal and survivor benefits, they may make suboptimal choices, not only about Social Security claiming, but perhaps also about labor and marriage decisions. In this paper we make use of new data from the Understanding America Study to assess households' understanding of these benefits. Overall, our results suggest that knowledge of spousal and survivors benefits is low. Furthermore, our results suggest that people's perceptions of their knowledge is misaligned with their actual knowledge, with many perceiving that they know more about Social Security than they actually do. The results in this paper suggest particular areas where policymakers might be able to increase knowledge of spousal and survivors benefits. However, future research is needed to better understand how to increase knowledge in this area.
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Navy Plane Crash, Rio de Janeiro
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 146
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Survivor Benefits
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 146
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Department of Defense
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 508
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 36
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