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.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Turner, John A.
ISBN:0880992220 (cloth : alk. paper)
0880992212 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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