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Finance and Economics Discussion Series
Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs
Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
A Historical Welfare Analysis of Social Security: Whom Did the
Program Benefit?
William B. Peterman and Kamila Sommer
2015-092
Please cite this pap er as:
Peterman, William B., and Kamila Sommer (2015). “A Historical Welfare Analysis
of Social Security: Whom Did the Program Benefit?,” Finance and Economics Discus-
sion Series 2015-092. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.092r1.
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