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Foreign Pensions
March 15, 2023
Will My Benefits Be Reduced By WEP Due To The Pensions I'll Be Receiving From Germany?
January 28, 2023
Will I Be Able To Receive A Full U.K. Pension And Full Divorced Spousal Benefits From The U.S. Social Security Program?
January 6, 2023
Will My U.S. Social Security Benefits Be Affected By My Widow's Pension From Bermuda?
November 19, 2022
Why Would I Tell Social Security That I'm Also Eligible For A Foreign Pension?
March 4, 2022
Will Receiving A Pension From Luxembourg Have Any Effect On My Social Security Benefit Amount?
November 19, 2021
Will My Pension From Belgium Be Exempt From Causing Any WEP Or GPO Reduction In My Divorced Spousal Benefits From The U.S.?
June 21, 2021
Will My Hungarian Pension Affect The Survivor Benefits I Receive From The US?
March 29, 2021
Will It Affect My Social Security If I Collect My Deceased Husband's Pension From Italy?
February 16, 2021
Can I Get A Widow's Pension From Switzerland And Keep My Social Security Benefits?
September 21, 2020
Will My Spousal Benefits From The U.S. Be Reduced Due To My Canadian Pension?
August 24, 2020
If I Worked 6 Years In The U.K. And 4 Years In The U.S, Will I Qualify For A Minimum State Pension From The U.K.?
February 11, 2020
If I Remarry Will I Be Able To Draw Benefits On My New Husband's Record?
September 2, 2018
Will My Wife Be Deemed To Be Filing For Benefits On Her Own Record If She Files For Spousal Benefits At Age 66?
July 13, 2019
Would My Wife's U.S. Spousal Benefits Be Reduced If She Draws Japanese Social Security?
June 19, 2019
Can I Collect Both U.S. Social Security Widow's Benefits And My Husband's UK Pension?
May 22, 2019
What Happens If A Person Qualifies For Social Security From Both The U.S. And Another Country?
June 28, 2018
Will I Be Eligible For U.S. Social Security Benefits Even If I'm Getting A UK Pension?
February 28, 2018
If My Friend Receives A Pension From Another Country Will Social Security Deduct It From His Survivor Benefit?
January 10, 2018
Will Social Security Deny My Disability Claim If I File For A Canadian Pension?
November 1, 2017
Will My Wife Be Deemed To File For A Totalization Benefit Based On Her Work In The U.S.?
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Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists