Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World – Historical Trends in Mortality and Health Employment and Disability Insurance: Historical ... of Economic Research Conference Report) - Hardcover

Wise, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226903095 ISBN 13: 9780226903095

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

David A. Wise is the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is the area director of Health and Retirement Programs at the NBER.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226903095
• ISBN 13: 9780226903095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520