Statistical Supplement to the Annual Report 2000
Statistical Supplement to the Annual Report 2000

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Published: 2001

Total Pages: 32

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This publication is a supplement to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's annual report. It includes data on the following: claims volumes; lost time claims by age group, gender, industry, and nature of injury or disease, among others; occupational fatality claims; estimated duration of short-term benefits; future economic loss awards; non-economic loss awards; periodic pensions and supplements.

Social Security and the Family : Addressing Unmet Needs in an Underfunded System
Social Security and the Family : Addressing Unmet Needs in an Underfunded System

Author: Melissa M. Favreault

Publisher: The Urban Insitute

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780877667087

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As the baby boom generation gets closer to retirement, the debate over Social Security reform becomes more urgent. Unfortunately, policymakers remain fixated on individual accounts and other ways for the system to accumulate more savings. This narrow focus ignores an equally important, if not more important, challenge--how to address the needs of those who have been left out as demographics and work habits have changed the structure of the American family. In this book, budget experts and social scientists examine the history of family benefits in Social Security and show how changes in the retired population have affected the nature of these benefits and their ability to serve the elderly. They examine the current structure of spousal and survivors benefits and evaluate a variety of reform proposals--including individual accounts--that could improve the living standards of the neediest Social Security beneficiaries. It is essential analysis for anyone concerned about the future of America's most successful social program.