Download or read book Economic Effects of Social Security written by Henry J. Aaron and published by Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution. This book was released on 1982 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research report evaluating economic implications of social security in the USA - discusses three competing economic theories on people's economic decision making, namely the life-cycle, multigeneration and short-horizon models, outlines historical trends and the impact of social security on saving, labour supply and long term income distribution. Graphs and references.