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Titolo |
Social security and retirement around the world [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-43037-4 |
9786611430375 |
0-226-30999-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (500 p.) |
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Collana |
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National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GruberJonathan |
WiseDavid A |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social security |
Retirement income |
Old age pensions |
Older people - Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Papers presented at a conference held at Château Beychevelle, Saint Julien, France, in May 1997"--Pref. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction and Summary -- 1. Social Security and Retirement in Belgium -- 2. Social Security and Retirement in Canada -- 3. Social Security and Retirement in France -- 4. Social Security and Retirement in Germany -- 5. Social Security and Retirement in Italy -- 6. Social Security and Retirement in Japan -- 7. Social Security and Retirement in the Netherlands -- 8. Social Security and Retirement in Spain -- 9. Social Security, Occupational Pensions, and Retirement in Sweden -- 10. Pensions and Retirement in the United Kingdom -- 11. Social Security and Retirement in the United States -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What accounts for the striking decline in labor force participation at increasingly younger ages? Social Security and Retirement around the World examines one explanation: social security programs actually provide incentives for early retirement. This volume houses a set of remarkable papers that present information on the social security systems, and labor force participation patterns, in Belgium, Canada, |
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France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. "This book is highly recommended for the serious student of retirement age trends and social security old-age pension policies of industrial nations in a cross-national context." Martin B. Tracy, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "A path-breaking public-policy study. The authors consistently use a new methodology to evaluate the consequences of retirement systems on the behavior of older workers in eleven industrialized countries. In doing so, the book passes a major test of any conference volume the whole greatly exceeds the sum of its parts. This book without question provides the most consistent cross-national analyses of the work disincentives of retirement programs ever produces. Moreover it will serve as the model for all future efforts of this kind." Journal of Economics |
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