Publication Date

1-1-2016

Series

WE focus series

DOI

10.17848/9780880995160

Abstract

John A. Turner offers a set of reforms for restoring solvency to Social Security that are deemed to have merit in the current political climate. These reforms relate to several vexing issues including increased life expectancy, the growing relationship between income and life expectancy, the declines in the physical demands of jobs, growing income inequality, and the pattern of poverty increasing at older ages.

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Contents

  1. How Does Social Security Work?
  2. Sustainability and Financing Reform
  3. Benefit Adequacy
  4. Retirement Policy
  5. Reforming the Reform Process
  6. Conclusion: The Way Forward

ISBN

9780880995153 (pbk.) ; 9780880995160 (ebook)

Subject Areas

LABOR MARKET ISSUES; Retirement and pensions

Sustaining Social Security in an Era of Population Aging

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Turner, John A. 2016. Sustaining Social Security in an Era of Population Aging. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880995160

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