Economic and Financial Aspects of Social Security : An International Survey / J. Henry Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, J. Henry, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This important book by an experienced authority on social security discusses a subject of vital interest to governments and peoples everywhere. In all countries social security in still experimental, its principles and menthods are being actively reviewed.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; I INTRODUCTION; Social Security in Primitive Communities; The Need for a Comprehensive Social Security Programme in an Industrial Society; Social Security Still Piecemeal and Incomplete; Some Basic Issues; II DEFINITION AND SCOPE; The Content of Social Security; Scope and Method; III BASIC POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES; The State and the Individual; Variable or Uniform Flat Rate Benefits; Contributions; Public Assistance; Benefits in Cash; Need for Co-ordination; IV SOCIAL INSURANCE; Comparison with Private Insurance; Changes Necessitated by Inflation; Contributions and Taxation

Contributions by WorkersContributions by Employers; Contributions by Public Authorities; Distribution of Costs; V ACCUMULATION OF FUNDS versus 'PAY-AS-YOU-GO' FINANCING; Private Saving; Governmental Social Security Financing; Investment of Social Security Funds; Present Saving and Future Resources; Effects of Inflation; Growth in Productivity; Productive Investment of Funds; VI PROPORTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS TO NATIONAL INCOME; International Comparisons; Hypothetical Expenditures; Distribution of Social Security Expenditures; VII AGE AND RETIREMENT; Chronological and Biological Age

Productivity and WagesThe Effects of Labour-Saving Machinery; Decisions on Retirement; The Problem of Promotion; The Efficiency of the Aged; Provision for Old Age; Age for Social Security Pensions; Rates of Benefit; Methods of Financing; Provident Funds; Pooled Contributions; Special or Earmarked Taxes; General Taxes; The Canadian System; Occupational Pensions; Welfare Services for the Aged; VIII FAMILY ALLOWANCES; The Evolution of Family Allowances; The Wage Dilemma; State Allowances; Income Tax Allowances for Children; Economic and Social Value; IX HEALTH; Priorities; Cash Income Insurance

Medical CareMedical Care in the United States and Canada; Some Medical Professional Problems; Some Financial Considerations; X OTHER CONTINGENCIES; Unemployment Insurance; Workmen's Compensation; Long-Term Disability; Widows and Orphans; Maternity; General; XI SOME ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; Underdeveloped Countries; Social Security as a Factor in Economic Stability; The Redistribution of Income; Inflation; Federal, Regional and Local Responsibilities; International Standards and Relative Costs; XII CONCLUSIONS; SELECTED REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7553-X

OCLC:

1121055406