Social Insurance and Economic Security

✍ Scribed by George E. Rejda

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 438
Edition: 7
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This classic social insurance work has been updated to cover a decade of policy developments and the impact of the recent economic crisis.The book includes in-depth discussion of all major programs to reduce economic insecurity in the United States, including Social Security, Medicare, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, and temporary disability insurance. The principles, characteristics, and policy issues associated with social insurance and public assistance programs are discussed in detail. The book examines each major cause of economic insecurity and analyzes the appropriate social insurance program for dealing with the problem.

✦ Subjects

Economic security - United States; BUS085000; POL000000; POL024000

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