Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

Wise, David A.

ISBN 10: 022644287X / ISBN 13: 9780226442877

Published by University Of Chicago Press, 2017

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Editor(s): Wise, David A. Series: NBER-Conference Report. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 halftones, 188 line drawings, 127 tables. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. . . 2017. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 022644287X
• ISBN 13: 9780226442877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In recent years, the retirement age for public pensions has increased across many countries, and additional increases are in progress or under discussion in many more. The seventh stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security programs and labor force participation, Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages explores people’s capacity to work beyond the current retirement age. It brings together an international team of scholars from twelve countries—Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States—to analyze this issue. Contributors find that many—but not all—individuals have substantial capacity to work at older ages. However, they also consider how policymakers might divide gains in life expectancy between years of work and retirement, as well as the main impediments to longer work life. They consider factors that influence the demand for older workers, as well as the evolution of health and disability status, which may affect labor supply from the older population.
 

About the Author

David A. Wise is the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy Emeritus at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is the former area director of Health and Retirement Programs and director of the Program on the Economics of Aging at the National Bureau of Economic Research.