TY - BOOK AU - Gruber,Jonathan AU - Wise,David A. TI - Social security and retirement around the world T2 - National Bureau of Economic Research conference report SN - 0226309991 (electronic bk.) AV - HD7090 .S583 1999eb U1 - 368.4 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Social security KW - Congresses KW - Retirement income KW - Old age pensions KW - Older people KW - Economic conditions KW - Retiro (Empleo) KW - Congresos KW - Pensiones KW - Ancianos KW - Condiciones económicas KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Social Security KW - bisacsh KW - Sociale zekerheid KW - gtt KW - Pensioen KW - Ouderen KW - Electronic books N1 - "Papers presented at a conference held at Château Beychevelle, Saint Julien, France, in May 1997"--Pref; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Social security and retirement in Belgium / Pierre Pestieau and Jean-Philippe Stijns -- Social security and retirement in Canada / Jonathan Gruber -- Social security and retirement in France / Didier Blanchet and Louis-Paul Pel -̌- Social security and retirement in Germany / Axel Börsch-Supan and Reinhold Schnabel -- Social security and retirement in Italy / Agar Brugiavini -- Social security and retirement in Japan / Naohiro Yashiro and Takashi Oshio -- Social security and retirement in the Netherlands / Arie Kapteyn and Klaas de Vos -- Social security and retirement in Spain / Michele Boldrin, Sergi Jimenez-Martin, and Franco Peracchi -- Social security, occupational pensions, and retirement in Sweden / Mårten Palme and Ingemar Svensson -- Pensions and retirement in the United Kingdom / Richard Blundell and Paul Johnson -- Social security and retirement in the United States / Peter Diamond and Jonathan Gruber N2 - 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. "This book is highly recommended for the serious student of retirement age tren UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=228204 ER -