UM16-01: Adjusting the Payroll Tax to Promote Longer Careers
Researchers
Abstract
This project will attempt to assess qualitatively and quantitatively a reform that has been suggested to encourage longer careers. The reform is a payroll tax cut targeted at older, near-retirement households. We are interested in the likely effect on labor force participation and household well-being, and the reform’s likely impact on government budgets. Although the reform would reduce payroll tax revenues for the Social Security System, it would tend to increase Federal income tax revenues. The project would seek to assess the overall balance of revenue changes.
Publications
- Adjusting the Payroll Tax to Promote Longer Careers (Research Brief)
- Adjusting the Payroll Tax to Promote Longer Careers (Working Paper)