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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554266503321

Titolo

Social security programs and retirement around the world : reforms and retirement incentives / / edited by Axel Bòˆrsch-Supan and Courtney C. Coile [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : The University of Chicago Press, , 2021

ISBN

0-226-67424-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 pages) : illustrations

Collana

National Bureau of Economic Research

Chicago scholarship online

Disciplina

368.43

Soggetti

Social security

Old age pensions

Postemployment benefits

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 1. Social Security Incentives in Belgium: An Analysis of Four Decades of Change -- 2. Retirement Incentives and Canada's Social Security Programs -- 3. Labor Force Exit in Denmark, 1980-2016: Impact from Changes in Incentives -- 4. Workers' Employment Rates and Pension Reforms in France: The Role of Implicit Labor Taxation -- 5. Social Security Reforms and the Changing Retirement Behavior in Germany -- 6. The Evolution of Incentives for Retirement in Italy, 1980-2015 -- 7. Social Security Programs and Elderly Employment in Japan -- 8. Social Security Programs and Employment at Older Ages in the Netherlands -- 9. Trends in Employment and Social Security Incentives in the Spanish Pension System, 1980-2016 -- 10. Social Security Reforms and the Changing Retirement Behavior in Sweden -- 11. A Lifetime of Changes: State Pensions and Work Incentives at Older Ages in the UK, 1948-2018 -- 12. The Evolution of Retirement Incentives in the US -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This ninth phase of the International Social Security project, which studies the experiences of twelve developed countries, examines the



effects of public pension reform on employment at older ages. In the past two decades, men's labour force participation at older ages has increased, reversing a long-term pattern of decline; participation rates for older women have increased dramatically as well. While better health, more education, and changes in labour-supply behaviour of married couples may have affected this trend, these factors alone cannot explain the magnitude of the employment increase or its large variation across countries. The studies in this volume explore how financial incentives to work at older ages have evolved as a result of public pension reforms since 1980 and how these changes have affected retirement behaviour.