Social Security and Retirement around the World

by Jonathan Gruber (Editor), David A. Wise (Editor)

Overview

What accounts for the striking decline in labor force participation at increasingly younger ages? Social Security and Retirement around the World examines one explanation: social security programs actually provide incentives for early retirement. This volume houses a set of remarkable papers that present information on the social security systems, and labor force participation patterns, in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226309996
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	04/15/2008
Series:	National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Gruber is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of research for the National Bureau of Economic Research's program on children. David A. Wise is the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and director of health and retirement programs at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction and Summary—Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise
1. Social Security and Retirement in Belgium
Pierre Pestieau and Jean-Philippe Stijns
2. Social Security and Retirement in Canada
Jonathan Gruber
3. Social Security and Retirement in France
Didier Blanchet and Louis-Paul Pelé
4. Social Security and Retirement in Germany
Axel Börsch-Supan and Reinhold Schnabel
5. Social Security and Retirement in Italy
Agar Brugiavini
6. Social Security and Retirement in Japan
Naohiro Yashiro and Takashi Oshio
7. Social Security and Retirement in the Netherlands
Arie Kapteyn and Klaas de Vos
8. Social Security and Retirement in Spain
Michele Boldrin, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, and Franco Peracchi
9. Social Security, Occupational Pensions, and Retirement in Sweden
Mårten Palme and Ingemar Svensson
10. Social Security and Retirement in the United Kingdom
Richard Blundell and Paul Johnson
11. Social Security and Retirement in the United States
Peter Diamond and Jonathan Gruber
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

"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."

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