In search of retirement security : the changing mix of social insurance, employee benefits, and individual responsibility / edited by Teresa Ghilarducci ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghilarducci, Teresa.

National Academy of Social Insurance (U.S.). Conference 2004 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pensions--United States--Congresses.

Pensions.

Retirement income--United States--Congresses.

Retirement income.

Social security--United States--Congresses.

Social security.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Century Foundation Press, [2005]

Summary:

Since World War II, Social Security and employer-based pension plans have become the foundations of an economic security that enables older Americans to retire with dignity and financial independence. Social insurance and tax advantaged retirement benefits currently face a number of challenges, however.

Contents:

The financial case for late retirement / Catherine Hill and Virginia Reno / Can Americans work longer? : competing views / Joseph Quinn and Teresa Ghilarducci

Remedies for the savings shortfall / Robert Frank

Pension reform in Sweden / Annika Sunden

Perspectives on individual responsibility and social insurance / Van Doorn Ooms ... [et al.]

Paying for retirement : sharing the gain / Lawrence H. Thompson.

Notes:

Based on papers delivered at the National Academy of Social Insurance's 16th annual conference, held January 22-23, 2004, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-137) and index.

ISBN:

0870784900

OCLC:

56509532