Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World

Author: Courtney C. Coile

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2019-12-12

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 022661929X

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In developed countries, men’s labor force participation at older ages has increased in recent years, reversing a decades-long pattern of decline. Participation rates for older women have also been rising. What explains these patterns, and the differences in them across countries? The answers to these questions are pivotal as countries face fiscal and retirement security challenges posed by longer life-spans. This eighth phase of the International Social Security project, which compares the social security and retirement experiences of twelve developed countries, documents trends in participation and employment and explores reasons for the rising participation rates of older workers. The chapters use a common template for analysis, which facilitates comparison of results across countries. Using within-country natural experiments and cross-country comparisons, the researchers study the impact of improving health and education, changes in the occupation mix, the retirement incentives of social security programs, and the emergence of women in the workplace, on labor markets. The findings suggest that social security reforms and other factors such as the movement of women into the labor force have played an important role in labor force participation trends.


Nolo’s Guide to Social Security Disability

Nolo’s Guide to Social Security Disability

Author: David A. Morton

Publisher: Nolo

Published: 2016-03-11

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1413322239

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A complete guide to Social Security disability benefits—everything you need to know, from qualifying and applying for your benefits to appealing the denial of a claim. Written by a former Social Security Administrative & doctor, this book provides a unique behind-the-scenes look at how, the SSA decides who is disabled and deserves benefits.


Understanding SSI (Supplemental Security Income)

Understanding SSI (Supplemental Security Income)

Author:

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-03

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 078814555X

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This publication informs advocates & others in interested agencies & organizations about supplemental security income (SSI) eligibility requirements & processes. It will assist you in helping people apply for, establish eligibility for, & continue to receive SSI benefits for as long as they remain eligible. This publication can also be used as a training manual & as a reference tool. Discusses those who are blind or disabled, living arrangements, overpayments, the appeals process, application process, eligibility requirements, SSI resources, documents you will need when you apply, work incentives, & much more.


Social Security

Social Security

Author: Larry W. DeWitt

Publisher: CQ Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13:

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A Documentary History tells the story of the creation and development of the U.S. Social Security program through primary source documents, from its antecendents and founding in 1935, to the controversial issues of the present. This unique reference presents the complex history of Social Security in an accessible volume that highlights the program's major moments and events.


Still Artful Work

Still Artful Work

Author: Paul Charles Light

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13:

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Designed as a supplemental text for courses in public policy, this text provides a case-study of the public policy decision-making process within the American political framework. It outlines the issues, actions and results of decisions which have contributed to the making and re-making of social security reform, demonstrating throughout the complexity of the process of social change.


Get What's Yours

Get What's Yours

Author: Laurence J. Kotlikoff

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-02-17

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1476772290

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Learn the secrets to maximizing your Social Security benefits and earn up to thousands of dollars more each year with expert advice that you can't get anywhere else. Want to know how to navigate the forbidding maze of Social Security and emerge with the highest possible benefits? You could try reading all 2,728 rules of the Social Security system (and the thousands of explanations of these rules), but Kotlikoff, Moeller, and Solman explain Social Security benefits in an easy to understand and user-friendly style. What you don't know can seriously hurt you: wrong decisions about which Social Security benefits to apply for cost some individual retirees tens of thousands of dollars in lost income every year. How many retirees or those nearing retirement know about such Social Security options as file and suspend (apply for benefits and then don't take them)? Or start stop start (start benefits, stop them, then re-start them)? Or-just as important-when and how to use these techniques? Get What's Yours covers the most frequent benefit scenarios faced by married retired couples, by divorced retirees, by widows and widowers, among others. It explains what to do if you're a retired parent of dependent children, disabled, or an eligible beneficiary who continues to work, and how to plan wisely before retirement. It addresses the tax consequences of your choices, as well as the financial implications for other investments. Many personal finance books briefly address Social Security, but none offers the thorough, authoritative, yet conversational analysis found here. You've paid all your working life for these benefits. Now, get what's yours.


How Social Security Works

How Social Security Works

Author: Paul Spicker

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2011-01-19

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 184742810X

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A broad, accessible introduction to the benefit system in Britain which can help readers to make sense of the system in practice.