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When the number of Social Security beneficiaries grows faster than the number of contributors, and benefit formulas are indexed upward with wages, the lifetime return rate of earlier retirement cohorts tends to be higher than that of later cohorts.
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10/30/2026
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Why Are Baby Boomers Wealthier? An Analysis of Luck and Institutional Advantages
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