| Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participatio Contributor(s): Wise, David A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226903095 ISBN-13: 9780226903095 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $142.56 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Security - Business & Economics | Economics - Comparative - Business & Economics | Government & Business |
| Dewey: 368.3 |
| LCCN: 2011049671 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.67 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In nearly every industrialized country, large aging populations and increased life expectancy have placed enormous pressure on social security programs-and, until recently, the pressure has been compounded by a trend toward retirement at an earlier age. With a larger fraction of the population receiving benefits, in coming decades social security in many countries may have to be reformed in order to remain financially viable. This volume offers a cross-country analysis of the effects of disability insurance programs on labor force participation by older workers. Drawing on measures of health that are comparable across countries, the authors explore the extent to which differences in the labor force are determined by disability insurance programs and to what extent disability insurance reforms are prompted by the circumstances of a country's elderly population. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wise, David A.: - David A. Wise is the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy emeritus at Harvard Kennedy School and a research associate of the NBER. |