Social security programs and retirement around the world : historical trends in mortality and health, employment, and disability insurance participation and reforms /

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Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Description:ix, 459 pages : illustrations ; 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
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8922411
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Other authors / contributors:Wise, David A., editor.
National Bureau of Economic Research, sponsoring body.
ISBN:9780226903095 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0226903095 (cloth : alkaline paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction and Summary
  • 1. Disability, Health, and Retirement in the United Kingdom
  • 2. Disability Insurance, Population Health, and Employment in Sweden
  • 3. Health, Disability, and Pathways into Retirement in Spain
  • 4. Health Status, Welfare Programs Participation, and Labor Force Activity in Italy
  • 5. Disability Programs, Health, and Retirement in Denmark since 1960
  • 6. Disability in Belgium: There Is More Than Meets the Eye
  • 7. Disability, Pension Reform, and Early Retirement in Germany
  • 8. Disability and Social Security Reforms: The French Case
  • 9. Disability Insurance Programs in Canada
  • 10. The Long-Run Growth of Disability Insurance in the United States
  • 11. Disability Pension Program and Labor Force Participation in Japan: An Historical Perspective
  • 12. Disability Insurance and Labor Market Exit Routes of Older Workers in the Netherlands
  • Contributors
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index