US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries

✍ Scribed by Martin Neil Baily, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 533
Edition: 1 New
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

It is generally accepted that Social Security must be reformed, but there is little agreement on what should be done to reform the program. US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries; looks at the social pension reforms of twelve other countries, assesses the current US Social Security program, and evaluates how these twelve models inform opportunities for adaptation of the current system. The authors consider governments' current fiscal balances in order to contextualize countries' initial financial liabilities and pension program infrastructure.The book concludes with an integrated reform proposal for Social Security. These prescriptions suggest concrete plans to address issues such as underfunding, benefits for high-income participants and the elderly demographic segment, as well as the creation of an individual account program. This volume forges significant advances and boldly confronts the challenge of reconstructing the US Social Security program.

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