Social Security and Retirement around the World.

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Author / Creator:Gruber, Jonathan.
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Description:1 online resource (500 pages).
Language:English
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11347267
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Other authors / contributors:Wise, David.
ISBN:9780226309996
0226309991
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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 tren.
Other form:9780226310114
Table of Contents:
  • Social Security and Retirement around the World; 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.