1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791934603321

Titolo

Social security programs and retirement around the world [[electronic resource] ] : historical trends in mortality and health, employment, and disability insurance participation and reforms / / edited by David A. Wise

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-57404-7

9786613886491

0-226-92195-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Collana

National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Altri autori (Persone)

WiseDavid A

Disciplina

368.4/3

Soggetti

Disability insurance

Older people - Health and hygiene

Retirement - Economic aspects

Social security

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

In nearly every industrialized country, large aging populations and increased life expectancy have placed enormous pressure on social security programs-and, until recently, the pressure has been compounded by a trend toward retirement at an earlier age. With a larger fraction of the population receiving benefits, in coming decades social security in many countries may have to be reformed in order to remain financially viable. This volume offers a cross-country analysis of the effects of disability insurance programs on labor force participation by older workers. Drawing on measures of health that are comparable across countries, the authors explore the extent to which differences in the labor force are determined by disability insurance programs and to what extent disability insurance reforms are prompted by the circumstances of a country's elderly population.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910688448303321

Autore

Schaffner Urs

Titolo

Review of Invertebrate Biological Control  Agents Introduced into Europe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

UK, : CABI, 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (194 p.)

Soggetti

Pest control

Insects (entomology)

Agricultural science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This review provides an overview of all documented releases of exotic (non-European) invertebrate biological control agents (IBCAs) into the environment in Europe and summarizes key information on the target



species as well as on the biological control agent released. It is an update of A Review of Biological Control in Western and Southern Europe edited by Greathead (1976) and covers the period from 1897, when the beetle Rodolia cardinalis was introduced into Portugal against the invasive cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi, until the end of 2009. This review is based largely on the BIOCAT database (Greathead and Greathead 1992), which contains records of the introduction of insect natural enemies, namely parasitoids and predators, for the control of insect pests worldwide. This review may not provide the complete list of BC agents introduced into Europe. Nevertheless, the report includes a vast majority of the introductions, and hence provides a representative picture of the history of releases of exotic BC agents into the environment in Europe.