It Sucks to Be Single! Marital Status and Redistribution of Social Security
研究了美国社会保障体系中与婚姻状况挂钩的辅助福利对劳动供给和再分配的影响，发现辅助福利显著抑制已婚女性就业，而最低福利方案能适度降低不平等。
Abstract In this article, we study the labour supply effects and the redistributional consequences of the US social security system. We focus particularly on auxiliary benefits, where eligibility is linked to marital status. To this end, we develop a dynamic, structural life cycle model of singles and couples, featuring uncertain marital status and survival. We account for the socio-economic gradients to both marriage stability and life expectancy. We find that auxiliary benefits have a large depressing effect on married women’s employment. Moreover, we show that a revenue neutral minimum benefit scheme would moderately reduce inequality relative to the current US system.