Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World : Fiscal Implications of Reform - Jonathan Gruber

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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World

Fiscal Implications of Reform

By: Jonathan Gruber (Editor), David A. Wise (Editor)

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Hardcover | 30 November 2007 | Edition Number 1

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The future of Social Security is troubled, both in the United States and in most other developed countries with aging populations. As improvements in health care and changes in life styles enable retirees to live longer than ever before, the stress on national budgets will increase substantially. In "Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World," Jonathan Gruber, David A. Wise, and experts in many countries examine the consequences of reforming retirement benefits in a dozen nations.
Drawing on the work of an international group of noted economists, the editors argue that social security programs provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force by retiring and taking the benefits to which they are entitled. By penalizing work, social security systems magnify the increased financial burden caused by aging populations, thus contributing to the insolvency of the system. This book is a model of comparative analysis that evaluates the effects of illustrative policies for countries facing the impending rapid growth of social security benefits. Its insights will help inform one of the most pressing debates.

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"Like its predecessor NBER volumes from this project, the new book is informative and useful as a reference for social security schemes and looming problems in the covered countries."--Monika Buetler "Journal of Pension Economics and Finance"

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Microsimulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium	p. 43
Simulating the Response to Reform of Canada's Income Security Programs	p. 83
Fiscal Implications of Reforms in Retirement Systems in Denmark	p. 119
Simulating Retirement Behavior: The Case of France	p. 155
The Budget Impact of Reduced Early Retirement Incentives on the German Public Pension System	p. 201
Fiscal Implications of Pension Reforms in Italy	p. 253
Financial Implications of Social Security Reforms in Japan	p. 295
Simulation of Pension Reforms in The Netherlands	p. 327
Evaluating Spanish Pension Expenditure under Alternative Reform Scenarios	p. 351
Financial Implications of Income Security Reforms in Sweden	p. 413
Fiscal Effects of Reforming the UK State Pension System	p. 459
Fiscal Effects of Social Security Reform in the United States	p. 503
Contributors	p. 533
Author Index	p. 535
Subject Index	p. 537
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