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: Article from The Actuary, March 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 3 that illustrates the Social Security Bill H.R. 1 for beneficiaries already on the rolls and for people who will come onto the benefit rolls in the near future that the benefit increases provided by H.R. 1 would be equivalent to cost of living increases.

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: This is a brief summary of a Brooking Institution study entitled 'The Payroll Tax for Social Security. The study argues that the payroll tax should be eliminated as a source of financing of Social Security on the grounds that it is regressive and is especially burdensome to the poor.

Description: This article compares various Social Security reform proposals and offers a framework for viewing proposals that provides an analysis of the options on the basis of specific sets of principles and assumptions. From: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7.

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: Summary of the annual cost-of-living adjustment and changes in other wage-indexed programs parameters for Social Security in 2024.

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: This article shows the detailed calculation of the PIA for maximum earners who retire in January 1998. From Pension Section News, April 1998, Issue No. 36.