Social security programs and retirement around the world : historical trends in mortality and health, employment, and disability insurance participation and reforms /
In nearly every industrialized country, large aging populations and increased life expectancy have placed enormous pressure on social security programs & mdash;and, until recently, the pressure has been compounded by a trend toward retirement at an earlier age. With a larger fraction of the popu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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Colección: | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In nearly every industrialized country, large aging populations and increased life expectancy have placed enormous pressure on social security programs & mdash;and, until recently, the pressure has been compounded by a trend toward retirement at an earlier age. With a larger fraction of the population receiving benefits, in coming decades social security in many countries may have to be reformed in order to remain financially viable. This volume offers a cross-country analysis of the effects of disability insurance programs on labor force participation by older workers. Drawing on measures of hea. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 459 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226921952 0226921956 |