Social security is the largest and perhaps the most popular program run by the federal government. Given the projected increase in both individual life expectancy and sheer number of retirees, however, the current system faces an eventual overload. Alternative proposals have emerged, ranging from reductions in future benefits to a rise in taxrevenue to various forms of investment-based personal retirement accounts.As this volume suggests, the distributional consequences of these proposals are substantially different and may disproportionately affect those groups who depend on social security to avoid poverty in old age. Together, these studies persuasively show that appropriately designed investment-based social security reforms can effectively reduce the long-term burden of an aging society on future taxpayers, increase the expected future income of retirees, and mitigate poverty rates among the elderly.
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Given the projected increase in life expectancy and number of retirees, the social security system faces eventual overload. Studies show that specially designed investment-based reforms can reduce the long-term burden on future taxpayers and increase the expected future income of retirees.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780226241067
Publisert
2002-06-15
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Chicago Press
Vekt
765 gr
Høyde
16 mm
Bredde
23 mm
Dybde
4 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
469