Social security and retirement around the world / edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gruber, Jonathan.

Wise, David A.

Series:

Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security--Congresses.

Social security.

Retirement income--Congresses.

Retirement income.

Old age pensions--Congresses.

Old age pensions.

Older people--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (500 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What accounts for the striking decline in labor force participation at increasingly younger ages? Social Security and Retirement around the World examines one explanation: social security programs actually provide incentives for early retirement. This volume houses a set of remarkable papers that present information on the social security systems, and labor force participation patterns, in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "This book is highly recommended for the serious student of retirement age trends and social security old-age pension policies of industrial nations in a cross-national context." Martin B. Tracy, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "A path-breaking public-policy study. The authors consistently use a new methodology to evaluate the consequences of retirement systems on the behavior of older workers in eleven industrialized countries. In doing so, the book passes a major test of any conference volume the whole greatly exceeds the sum of its parts. This book without question provides the most consistent cross-national analyses of the work disincentives of retirement programs ever produces. Moreover it will serve as the model for all future efforts of this kind." Journal of Economics

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction and Summary

1. Social Security and Retirement in Belgium

2. Social Security and Retirement in Canada

3. Social Security and Retirement in France

4. Social Security and Retirement in Germany

5. Social Security and Retirement in Italy

6. Social Security and Retirement in Japan

7. Social Security and Retirement in the Netherlands

8. Social Security and Retirement in Spain

9. Social Security, Occupational Pensions, and Retirement in Sweden

10. Pensions and Retirement in the United Kingdom

11. Social Security and Retirement in the United States

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

"Papers presented at a conference held at Chateau Beychevelle, Saint Julien, France, in May 1997"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611430375

9781281430373

1281430374

9780226309996

0226309991

OCLC:

476229179