Economics of Social Security
Social Security Papers, Articles, and Current Projects
1. Published papers
*Note: many of these papers are freely downloadable from the following websites:
http://ideas.repec.org/e/peh1.html
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=188351
http://www.nber.org/cgi-bin/author_papers.pl?author=isaac_ehrlich
“Social Security and Demographic trends: Theory and Evidence from the International Experience”, with Jinyoung Kim, Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 10(1) 2007, 55-77.
“Has Social Security influenced family formation and fertility in OECD countries? An economic and econometric analysis”, with Jinyoung Kim. Journal of Pharmaceuticals and Law, Vol.9, 2007, pp. 99-120.
Social Security and the Real Economy: An Inquiry into Some Neglected Issues, with J. Zhong, American Economic Review, Vol. 88 (2), May 1998, 151-157.
Social Security, the Family and Economic Growth, with F. T. Lui, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 36 (3), July 1998, 390-409.
Social Security: From Pay-As-You-Go Systems to an Individual-Based Capitalization System, text in English; title in Spanish: Prevision social: de los regimens de reparto a los de capitalizacion individual, Published as part of a three articles series ("Conferencias"), along with contributions by Gary Becker and Joseph Stiglitz. Revista de Ciencias Empresariales Y Economia, vol 2, 2003.
2. Newspaper articles:
“Social Security: hinders growth of families”, article in USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), May 2005. See: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2720_133/ai_n13683419
“A Reformed Social Security Can Help Families and Economic Growth”, March 10 2005. See: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/fast-execute.cgi/article-page.html?article=71830009.
Hong Kong's Rickshaw Retirees, lead editorial page article, Asian Wall Street Journal, September 20, 1994
Social Security: Foreign Lessons (with Gary S. Becker), lead editorial page article Wall Street Journal, March 30, 1994
-- Reprinted in: Asian Wall Street Journal, March 31, 1994.
Hong Kong Plots a Pension Quagmire, lead editorial page article, Asian Wall Street Journal, February 24, 1994.
Pensions the World Would Like to Forget, Op-Ed article, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, January 18, 1994.
How to Spread the Pension Cake, Op-Ed article, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, November 9, 1993.
3. NBER Working Papers Series:
"Has Social Security Influenced Family Formation and Fertility in OECD Countries? An Economic and Econometric Analysis", with Jinyoung Kim, NBER Working Paper #12869, January 2007.
Social Security, Demographic Trends, and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence from the International Experience with Jinyoung Kim; NBER Working Paper w 11121, February 2005