Description: The paper presents arguments to show that a fully funded social security scheme is no more secure economically than a pay as you go scheme....that is, for real retirement income security the funding mechanism is irrelevant. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, January 1996, VOL. 1.

Description: This article considers the challenges that need to be addressed in the cost analysis of long range social insurance programs, which in the US is now over a period of 75 years. The main thrust of this paper is the consideration of population changes however, the effects of economic elements cannot be ignored. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1984 Volume No. 1.

Description: This paper discusses Cecil Nesbitt's paper on elementary models of the reserve fund for OASDI in the United States. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol.1.

Description: Research on the elementary models of the reserve fund for the old-age, survivors and disability insurance OASDI in the United States. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol.1.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to suggest that additional measures - which would supplement, rather than replace the percentage of payroll data currently used - should be examined to evaluate the projected effect of the cash benefits of the OASDI program. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1994, Vol. 1.

Description: The author suggests ways to better educate the wider technical community of users of the OASI projections about the projection methods and the sensitivity of the projections to changes in the individual variables thereby increasing the quality of the research on the system, the accuracy of the interpretations of the projections and the quality of the public debate over OASI policy. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1984, Volume No.1.