Working the graveyard shift Why raising the Social Security retirement age is not the answer

by Monique Morrissey and Emily Garr

EPI economist Monique Morrissey, along with Emily Garr, look at whether postponing retirement is a viable “fix” for Social Security, since Americans are already working longer into old age. Raising Social Security’s early and normal retirement age would be especially hard on lower-income and minority workers, given large and growing disparities in life expectancy.

http://www.epi.org/page/-/pdf/20090505-social_security-pr.pdf