Social Security Reform

Informationen zum Autor Peter Diamond is Institute Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has previously held the positions of Associate Professor, 1966-70; Professor, 1970-88; John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor, 1989-91; and Paul A. Samuelson Professor, 1992-97 at the same institution. He was also Head of the Economics Department from 1985-6. Klappentext Social security reform is a hot topic in many countries -- one which leads to much debate (and some widespread agreement) among economists. In this book, Peter Diamond explores social security policy, social security and the labour market, and social security and the capital market from an economic point of view. Zusammenfassung Social security reform is a hot topic in many countries -- one which leads to much debate (and some widespread agreement) among economists. Diamond, one of America's most respected economists, explores social security policy, social security and the labour market, and social security and the capital market from an economic point of view. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Social Security Policy Funding DB and DC Notional Defined Contribution Accounts Organizing DC Accounts Benefits Concluding Remarks 2: Social Security and the Labor Market Retirement Decisions Labor Supplies at Younger Ages Concluding Remarks 3: Social Security and the Capital Market Aggregate Capital Stock Risk-Sharing Risk to Cohort-Wide Earnings Risks in the Political Process Concluding Remarks

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter A Diamond, Peter A. Diamond, Peter A. (Institute Professor in the Department of Economics Diamond
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780199247899
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924789-9
• Seiten: 112
• Serien: The Lindahl Lectures; Linacre Lectures; The Lindahl Lectures
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems