Social security programs and retirement around the world : micro-estimation /
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. |
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| Description: | ix, 741 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 2 has original dust jacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5997181 |
| Summary: | Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World represents the second stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security and labor. In the first volume, Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise revealed enormous disincentives to continued work at older ages in developed countries. Provisions of many social security programs typically encourage retirement by reducing pay for work, inducing older employees to leave the labor force early and magnifying the financial burden caused by an aging population. At a certain age there is simply no financial benefit to continuing to work.<br> <br> In this volume, the authors turn to a country-by-country analysis of retirement behavior based on micro-data. The result of research compiled by teams in twelve countries, the volume shows an almost uniform correlation between levels of social security incentives and retirement behavior in each country. The estimates also show that the effect is strikingly uniform in countries with very different cultural histories, labor market institutions, and other social characteristics. |
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| Item Description: | Data report from a special project not part of a conference. An analysis and country-by-country comparison of the effects of social security incentives on retirement behavior in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the United States. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 741 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0226310183 |