Social security programs and retirement around the world :
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[Book]
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micro-estimation /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (ix, 741 pages) :
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illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World represents the second stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security and labor. In the first volume, Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise revealed enormous disincentives to continued work at older ages in developed countries. Provisions of many social security programs typically encourage retirement by reducing pay for work, inducing older employees to leave the labor force early and magnifying the financial burden caused by an aging population. At a certain age there is simply no financial benefit to.
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Title
Social security programs and retirement around the world.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Older people-- Employment.
Retirement-- Economic aspects.
Retirement income.
Social security.
Personnes âgées-- Travail.
Retraite-- Aspect économique.
Revenu de retraite.
Sécurité sociale.
Older people-- Employment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.