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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms

By David A. Wise (editor)

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780226921952
DOI
10.7208/9780226921952
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5623535 bytes)
Pages
528\470
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-15 03:16:24

Description

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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