Social Security Analyses

Overview

Social Security Disability Insurance: Participation Trends and Their Fiscal Implications
July 22, 2010pdfblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Using a Different Measure of Inflation for Indexing Federal Programs and the Tax Code
February 24, 2010pdfadditional infoblog post
Economic and Budget Issue Brief

An Analysis of the Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010
January 27, 2010pdfadditional infoblog post
Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan

Background Paper: How Slower Growth in the Labor Force Could Affect the Return on Capital
October 2009pdfblog post

Background Paper: CBO's Long-Term Model: An Overview
June 2009pdf

Background Paper: Assigning Education Status in CBO's Long-Term Microsimulation Model
October 2008pdfadditional info

Social Security: A Primer
September 2001htmlpdf

Is Social Security Progressive?
December 15, 2006pdf

Testimony on the Role of the Economy in the Outlook for Social Security
June 21, 2005htmlpdf
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on Budgetary Perspectives on the Outlook for Social Security
February 9, 2005htmlpdf
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives

Testimony on the Future of Social Security
February 3, 2005htmlpdf
Testimony before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate

Federal Debt and the Commitments of Federal Trust Funds
October 25, 2002htmlpdf

Social Security and the Federal Budget: The Necessity of Maintaining a Comprehensive Long-Range Perspective
August 1, 2002htmlpdf

How Pension Financing Affects Returns to Different Generations
September 22, 2004htmlpdf

 

Social Security Outlook

CBO's 2010 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information
October 2010pdfadditional infoblog post

Budgetary Impact of the President's Proposal to Alter Federal Student Loan Programs
March 15, 2010pdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Judd Gregg

CBO's Long-Term Projections for Social Security: 2009 Update
August 2009pdfadditional infoblog post

Updated Long-Term Projections for Social Security
August 2008htmlpdfadditional infoblog post

Updated Long-Term Projections for Social Security
March 2005htmlpdf

Updated Long-Term Projections for Social Security
June 2006pdfadditional info

The Long-Term Budget Outlook
December 2005pdfadditional info

Background Paper: Quantifying Uncertainty in the Analysis of Long-Term Social Security Projections
November 2005pdf

Detailed Projections for the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Funds Through 2015
March 2005pdf

The Outlook for Social Security
June 2004htmlpdf

Comparing Budgetary and Trust Fund Measures of the Outlook for Social Security and Medicare
October 10, 2003htmlpdf

The Future Growth of Social Security: It's Not Just Society's Aging
July 1, 2003htmlpdf

 

Policy Analyses

Social Security Policy Options
July 2010summarypdfadditional infoblog post

Related:

Costs and Policy Options for Federal Student Loan Programs
March 2010pdfblog post

Response to Questions About Health Care Industry Stakeholders' Proposals
June 16, 2009htmlpdfblog post
Letter to the Honorable Dave Camp

Long-Term Analysis of S. 2427, the Sustainable Solvency First for Social Security Act of 2006
April 5, 2006pdfadditional info
Letter to the Honorable Robert F. Bennett

Long-Term Analysis of the Liebman-MacGuineas-Samwick Social Security Proposal
February 8, 2006pdfadditional info
Letter to the Honorable Jim Kolbe

Analysis of H.R. 3304, Growing Real Ownership for Workers Act of 2005
September 13, 2005pdfadditional info
Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus

Menu of Social Security Options
May 2005pdf

Testimony on Options for Social Security: Budgetary and Distributional Impacts
May 25, 2005htmlpdfadditional info
Testimony before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

Long-Term Analysis of the Diamond-Orszag Social Security Plan
December 22, 2004htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Larry E. Craig

Long-Term Analysis of Plan 2 of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security
July 21, 2004htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Larry E. Craig

Long-Term Analysis of H.R. 3821, the Bipartisan Retirement Security Act of 2004
July 21, 2004htmlpdf
Letter to the Honorable Jim Kolbe

H.R. 3821, Bipartisan Retirement Security Act of 2004
July 21, 2004htmlpdf
Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on February 24, 2004, with subsequent modifications specified by the sponsor's staff

Measuring Changes to Social Security Benefits
December 1, 2003htmlpdf

Budget Options
March 2003htmlpdf

 

Individual Accounts and Investments in Private Assets

Background Paper: Evaluating Benefit Guarantees in Social Security
March 2006pdf

Administrative Costs of Private Accounts in Social Security
March 2004htmlpdf

Acquiring Financial Assets to Fund Future Entitlements
June 16, 2003htmlpdf

Social Security Reform: The Use of Private Securities and the Need for Economic Growth
January 3, 2003htmlpdf

Evaluating and Accounting for Federal Investment in Corporate Stocks and Other Private Securities
January 2003htmlpdf

The Budgetary Treatment of Personal Retirement Accounts
March 2000htmlpdf

Social Security Privatization: Experiences Abroad
January 1999htmlpdf

Social Security Privatization and the Annuities Market
February 1998htmlpdfblog post

 

Retirement Saving

CBO's Online Guide to Tax Incentives for Retirement Saving
June 2006html

Retirement Age and the Need for Saving
May 12, 2004htmlpdf

The Retirement Prospects of the Baby Boomers
March 18, 2004htmlpdf

Baby Boomers' Retirement Prospects: An Overview
November 2003htmlpdf

Utilization of Tax Incentives for Retirement Saving
August 2003htmlpdf

Social Security and Private Saving: A Review of the Empirical Evidence
July 1998htmlpdf