Social security programs and retirement around the world :
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[Book]
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fiscal implications of reform /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise.
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Chicago :
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University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
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1 online resource (ix, 541 pages) :
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illustrations
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A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
GENERAL NOTES
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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.
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This volume presents the third phase of the project.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Microsimulation of social security reforms in Belgium / Raphael Desmet, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman, and Pierre Pestieau -- Simulating the response to reform of Canada's income security programs / Michael Baker, Jonathan Gruber, and Kevin Milligan -- Fiscal implications of reforms in retirement systems in Denmark / Paul Bingley, Nabanita Datta Gupta, and Peder J. Pedersen -- Simulating retirement behavior : the case of France / Emmanuelle Walraet and Ronan Mahieu -- The budget impact of reduced early retirement incentives on the German public pension system / Axel Börsch-Supan, Simone Kohnz, and Reinhold Schnabel -- Fiscal implications of pension reforms in Italy / Agar Brugiavini and Franco Peracchi -- Financial implications of social security reforms in Japan / Akiko S. Oishi and Takashi Oshio -- Simulation of pension reforms in the Netherlands / Arie Kapteyn and Klaas de Vos -- Evaluating Spanish pension expenditure under alternative reform scenarios / Michele Boldrin and Sergi Jimènez-Martin -- Financial implications of income security reforms in Sweden / Mårten Palme and Ingemar Svensson -- Fiscal effects of reforming the UK state pension system / Richard Blundell and Carl Emmerson -- Fiscal effects of social security reform in the United States / Courtney Coile and Jonathan Gruber.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Social security programs and retirement around the world.
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0226310175
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Older people-- Employment.
Retirement-- Economic aspects.
Retirement income.
Social security-- Finance.
Aged.
Developed Countries.
Employment.
Retirement-- economics.
Social Security-- economics.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Altersversorgung
Internationaler Vergleich
Older people-- Employment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.