1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910219243203321

Titolo

Major topics in primate and human evolution / edited by Bernard Wood, Lawrence Martin, Peter Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge \etc.! : Cambridge University press, 1986

ISBN

0521307007

Descrizione fisica

364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Locazione

GM1

Collocazione

G IV 2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963395103321

Autore

Wise David A.

Titolo

Pensions, labor, and individual choice / / edited by David A. Wise

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1985

ISBN

9786611431174

9781281431172

1281431176

9780226903279

0226903273

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (466 p.)

Collana

National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Altri autori (Persone)

WiseDavid A

Disciplina

331.25/2/0973

Soggetti

Pensions - United States

Pension trusts - United States

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Overview -- 2.



Pensions and the Labor Market: A Starting Point (The Mouse Can Roar) -- 3. Labor Compensation and the Structure of Private Pension Plans: Evidence for Contractual versus Spot Labor Markets -- 4. Unions, Pensions, and Union Pension Funds -- 5. Determinants of Pension Benefits -- 6. Social Security, Health Status, and Retirement -- 7. The Distributional Impact of Social Security -- 8. The Structure of Uncertainty and the Use of Nontransferable Pensions as a Mobility-Reduction Device -- 9. Incentive Effects of Pensions -- 10. Pensions and the Retirement Decision -- 11. Insurance Aspects of Pensions -- 12. The Riskiness of Private Pensions -- 13. The Relationship bet ween Wages and Benefits -- 14. The Federal Civil Service Retirement System: An Analysis of Its Financial Condition and Current Reform Proposals -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years a decline in the labor force participation of older workers has combined with rapid current and projected increases in the number of older Americans, producing major policy debates over looming "crises" in social security and, to a lesser extent, in the private pension system. That private system is playing an increasing role in the support of retired workers and promises to be the subject of increasing scrutiny by economists and policymakers alike. Previous books on private pensions have largely neglected behavioral implications of the features of pension plans. The papers in this volume, developed from material presented at a recent National Bureau of Economic Research conference, address two aspects of the relation between varieties of labor coverage and participation in the labor force. First, age at retirement may be correlated with kind of pension coverage. The papers, in fact, provide strong evidence that individual decisions about when to retire are directly influenced by pension options. Second, pension plans usually impose a high cost on workers who change jobs, which suggests that pension coverage reduces instances of job change. Pensions, Labor, and Individual Choice quantifies these correlations and proposes a conceptual framework within which to view them.