Social security programs and retirement around the world :: the relationship to youth employment /

Many countries have social security systems that are currently financially unsustainable. Economists and policy makers have long studied this problem and identified two key causes. First, as declining birth rates raise the share of older persons in the population, the ratio of retirees to benefits-p...

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Weitere Verfasser: Gruber, Jonathan, Wise, David A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Zusammenfassung:Many countries have social security systems that are currently financially unsustainable. Economists and policy makers have long studied this problem and identified two key causes. First, as declining birth rates raise the share of older persons in the population, the ratio of retirees to benefits-paying employees increases. Second, as falling mortality rates increase lifespans, retirees receive benefits for longer than in the past. Further exacerbating the situation, the provisions of social security programs often provide strong incentives to leave the labor force. Social Security Programs an.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226309507
0226309509
1282895451
9781282895454
9786612895456
6612895454

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