Pay at risk : compensation and employment risk in the United States and Canada /
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| Imprint: | Kalamazoo, Mich. : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Empoloyment Research, 2001. |
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| Description: | vii, 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4485226 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Canada-United States Comparisons
- Compensation Risk Bearing in Labor Markets
- Conceptual Issues
- Policy Issues
- Theoretical Issues
- The Approach of the Book
- Outline of the Book
- Risks to Wages: The Traditional and Contingent Workforces
- Risks in Nonwage Benefits
- Conclusions
- References
- 2. Wage and Job Risk for Workers
- Canada
- Macroeconomic Instability
- Job Turnover
- Unemployment
- The Effects of Government Programs: Unemployment Insurance
- United States
- Macroeconomic Instability
- Fluctuations in Wage Rates
- Earnings Instability
- Job Instability
- Conclusions on Wage and Job Instability
- The Increasing Cost of Job Loss
- U.S.-Canadian Comparisons
- Job Creation and Destruction
- Wage Flexibility
- Employment Protection
- Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation
- Theories as to Why Job Insecurity Has Increased
- Macroeconomic or Economy-wide Theories
- Labor Demand
- Labor Supply
- Summary
- Conclusions
- References
- 3. Risk in Employment Arrangements
- Introduction
- Why Worry About Nonstandard Employment?
- Nonstandard Employees in the United States
- Contingent Employees
- Part-time Employees
- Employees in Alternative Arrangements
- Trends in Nonstandard Employment
- Employee Benefit Coverage among Nonstandard Employees
- Nonstandard Employees in Canada
- Part-time Employment
- Self-employment
- Temporary Employment
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Employee Benefit Coverage among Nonstandard Employees
- Are Nonstandard Employment Arrangements Involuntary?
- Policy Issues and Options
- Who Is an Employee?
- Expanding Continuation Health Care Coverage for U.S. Part-time Workers
- Prohibiting the Exclusion of Part-time Workers from Pension Plans That Cover Full-time Workers
- Increasing the Access of Alternative Workers to Unemployment Insurance
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 4. Health and Coverage At Risk
- Introduction
- Overview of the U.S. Health Care System
- Employer Coverage
- The Medicare Program
- The Medicaid Program
- Health Care Coverage in the United States
- Some Groups are More Likely to Have Health Care Coverage
- A Lack of Coverage Limits Access to Care
- Increasing Risk in the Coverage Market
- Risks Associated with Employer-provided Coverage
- Is the System at Risk?
- Overview of the Canadian Health Care System
- Universal Coverage
- "Socialized Medicine"?
- Rising Costs
- Demographic Changes and Their Implications for Pay-As-You-Go Financing
- Policy Options for the United States and Canada
- United States
- Canada
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 5. Risk Sharing through Social Security Retirement Income Systems
- Risk Bearing in Retirement Income Systems
- Wage Risk
- Early Retirement Risk
- Longevity Risk
- Demographic Risk
- Inflation Risk
- Political Risk
- Social Security in Canada
- Social Security in the United States
- Comparison of Risk Sharing in the Canadian and U.S. Social Security Systems
- Income Replacement
- Early Retirement Risk
- Insurance Against Low Earnings Years
- Progressivity
- Indexation of Benefits
- Survivor's Benefits
- Conclusions
- References
- 6. Risk Bearing in Individual and Occupational Pension Plans
- Introduction
- Background
- Individual and Occupational Pension Plans in Canada and the United States
- Canadian Pension Plans
- Canadian Pension Regulation
- Private Pension Plans in the United States
- The Tax Treatment of Pensions in Canada and the United States
- Pension Coverage
- The Generosity of Pension Plans
- Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Plans
- Comparison of the Risk Bearing Aspects of the Canadian and U.S. Occupational Pension Systems
- Early Retirement Insurance
- Pension Insurance
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- 7. Risk Shifting in Workers' Compensation
- Introduction
- A Brief Overview of Workers' Compensation
- Who Pays for Workplace Injuries?
- The Current Climate in Workers' Compensation
- Workers' Compensation Reform Backlash
- Concluding Remarks
- Notes
- References
- The Authors
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- About the Institute