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Chapter 13, Problem 2CTQ
To determine
If the assessment of the social security payroll taxes on workers and payment of benefit to recipients tend to reduce the U.S saving rates, could real
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Suppose the United States moved from the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system to a fully funded one and financed the transition without additional
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How would the shift to a fully funded system affect the level and the rate of growth of output per worker in the long run?
This will
the saving rate.
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the growth rate of output per worker.
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