Overview
The future of Social Security is troubled, both in the United States and in most other developed countries with aging populations. As improvements in health care and changes in life styles enable retirees to live longer than ever before, the stress on national budgets will increase substantially. In Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World, Jonathan Gruber, David A. Wise, and experts in many countries examine the consequences of reforming retirement benefits in a dozen nations. Drawing on the work of an international group of noted economists, the editors argue that social security programs provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force by retiring and taking the benefits to which they are entitled. By penalizing work, social security systems magnify the increased financial burden caused by aging populations, thus contributing to the insolvency of the system. This book is a model of comparative analysis that evaluates the effects of illustrative policies for countries facing the impending rapid growth of social security benefits. Its insights will help inform one of the most pressing debates.
Full Product Details
Author: Jonathan Gruber ,
David A. Wise
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 1.70cm
, Height: 0.40cm
, Length: 2.40cm
Weight: 0.879kg
ISBN: 9780226310176
ISBN 10: 0226310175
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 15 October 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Like its predecessor NBER volumes from this project, the new book is informative and useful as a reference for social security schemes and looming problems in the covered countries.--Monika Buetler Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Like its predecessor NBER volumes from this project, the new book is informative and useful as a reference for social security schemes and looming problems in the covered countries. --Monika Buetler Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Like its predecessor NBER volumes from this project, the new book is informative and useful as a reference for social security schemes and looming problems in the covered countries. --Monika Buetler Journal of Pension Economics and Finance Like its predecessor NBERvolumes from this project, the new book is informative and useful as a reference for social security schemes and looming problems in the covered countries. --Monika Buetler Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Author Information
Jonathan Gruber is professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the Program on Children at the NBER, where he is a research associate. He is coeditor of the Journal of Public Economics and associate editor of the Journal of Health Economics. David A. Wise is the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and director of the Programs on Aging and Health Care at the NBER.
