Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform [electronic resource] : International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate / John Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, John, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security--United States.

Social security.

Social security individual investment accounts--United States.

Social security individual investment accounts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2005.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

1 Individual Accounts and Social Security Reform

2 Introduction to Individual Accounts

3 Individual Accounts in Social Security Reform: The Debate

4 Agency Risk and the Management of Individual Account Investments by Corporations and Mutual Funds

5 Individual Management Risk

6 Labor Market Issues

7 Benefits and Taxes

8 Summary and Conclusions

Appendix A Dealing with Financial Market Risk: Guarantees in Individual Accounts

Appendix B Labor Market Distortions Due to Contribution Evasion and Avoidance

References

About the Author

Index

About the Institute.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.

ISBN:

1-4294-5485-7

OCLC:

228139354