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Social security programs and retirement around the world : fiscal implications of reform /

The future of Social Security is troubled, both in the United States and in most other developed countries with aging populations. As improvements in health care and changes in life styles enable retirees to live longer than ever before, the stress on national budgets will increase substantially. In...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Bureau of Economic Research
Otros Autores: Gruber, Jonathan, Wise, David A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The future of Social Security is troubled, both in the United States and in most other developed countries with aging populations. As improvements in health care and changes in life styles enable retirees to live longer than ever before, the stress on national budgets will increase substantially. In Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World, Jonathan Gruber, David A. Wise, and experts in many countries examine the consequences of reforming retirement benefits in a dozen nations. Drawing on the work of an international group of noted economists, the editors argue that social secur.
Notas:This volume presents the third phase of the project.
An analysis and country-by-country comparison of the effects of social security incentives on retirement behavior in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the United States.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 541 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780226310008
0226310000