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United States
| Total population (m.): | 317.6 |
| GDP per capita (USD): | 45592 |
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Can the actuarial reduction for social security early retirement still be right?
Munnel, Alicia, , 2012, 4 p
The option to claim Social Security benefits earlier than the program"s Full Retirement Age, in exchange for receiving an actuarially reduced benefit, is a key feature of the nation's Social Security program. This principle remained in place when Congress increased the Full...
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Munnel, Alicia, , 2012, 4 p
The option to claim Social Security benefits earlier than the program"s Full Retirement Age, in exchange for receiving an actuarially reduced benefit, is a key feature of the nation's Social Security program. This principle remained in place when Congress increased the Full...
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Raising the Ages of Eligibility for Medicare and Social Security
Congressional Budget Office, 2012, 12 p
Raising the ages at which people can collect Medicare and Social Security would reduce federal spending and increase federal revenues by inducing some people to work longer. However, raising the eligibility ages for those programs also would reduce people's lifetime Social...
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Congressional Budget Office, 2012, 12 p
Raising the ages at which people can collect Medicare and Social Security would reduce federal spending and increase federal revenues by inducing some people to work longer. However, raising the eligibility ages for those programs also would reduce people's lifetime Social...
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Administrative compensation for medical injuries: Lessons from three foreign systems
Mello, M., ; et al., , 2011, 18 p
The United States requires patients injured by medical negligence to seek compensation through lawsuits, an approach that has drawbacks related to fairness, cost, and impact on medical care. Several countries, including New Zealand, Sweden, and Denmark, have replaced...
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Mello, M., ; et al., , 2011, 18 p
The United States requires patients injured by medical negligence to seek compensation through lawsuits, an approach that has drawbacks related to fairness, cost, and impact on medical care. Several countries, including New Zealand, Sweden, and Denmark, have replaced...
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Qualified retirement plans: Analysis of distribution and rollover activity
Bryant, Victoria L.; Holden, Sarah; Sabelhaus, John, Pension Research Council, 2011
One potential downside when employees have the freedom to manage their own retirement accumulations is "leakage" prior to the end of their working careers, which is proxied here using age 60. Leakage occurs when employees take withdrawals prior to retirement, when they cash...
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Bryant, Victoria L.; Holden, Sarah; Sabelhaus, John, Pension Research Council, 2011
One potential downside when employees have the freedom to manage their own retirement accumulations is "leakage" prior to the end of their working careers, which is proxied here using age 60. Leakage occurs when employees take withdrawals prior to retirement, when they cash...
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Realizing health reform's potential: Early implementation of pre-existing condition insurance plans: Providing an interim safety net for the uninsurable
Hall, Jean P., ; et al., , 2011, 22 p
The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) is a temporary program implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make health insurance coverage available to uninsured individuals with preexisting conditions until 2014, when exchange-based health...
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Hall, Jean P., ; et al., , 2011, 22 p
The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) is a temporary program implemented under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make health insurance coverage available to uninsured individuals with preexisting conditions until 2014, when exchange-based health...
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The transformation of the American pension system : was it beneficial for workers?
Wolff, Edward, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011, 333 p.
At last, in one place, all the data one would want on the impact on households of the dramatic shift from defined benefit plans to 401(k)s. This encyclopedic effort is based on the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances between 1983 and 2007, with projections to 2009....
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Wolff, Edward, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011, 333 p.
At last, in one place, all the data one would want on the impact on households of the dramatic shift from defined benefit plans to 401(k)s. This encyclopedic effort is based on the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances between 1983 and 2007, with projections to 2009....
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Unemployment insurance and job search in the Great Recession
Rothstein. Jesse, , University of California, 2011, 54 p.
Nearly two years after the official end of the "Great Recession," the labor market remains historically weak. Many commentators have attributed the ongoing weakness in part to supply-side effects driven by dramatic expansions of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit durations,...
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Rothstein. Jesse, , University of California, 2011, 54 p.
Nearly two years after the official end of the "Great Recession," the labor market remains historically weak. Many commentators have attributed the ongoing weakness in part to supply-side effects driven by dramatic expansions of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit durations,...
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Retirement Security and the Financial and Economic Crisis: An Overview
Maurer; Raimond, ; et al., , The Pension research Council, 2011, 18 p
The global financial and economic crisis severely undermined the future of retirement security. At a recent Impact Conference sponsored by the Wharton School's Pension Research Council (PRC) and the Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research at the University of...
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Maurer; Raimond, ; et al., , The Pension research Council, 2011, 18 p
The global financial and economic crisis severely undermined the future of retirement security. At a recent Impact Conference sponsored by the Wharton School's Pension Research Council (PRC) and the Boettner Center for Pensions and Retirement Research at the University of...
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Does retiree health insurance encourage early retirement?
Nyce, Steven, ; et al., , NBER, 2011, 50 p.
The strong link between health insurance and employment in the United States may cause workers to delay retirement until they become eligible for Medicare at age 65. However, some employers extend health insurance benefits to their retirees, and individuals who are eligible...
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Nyce, Steven, ; et al., , NBER, 2011, 50 p.
The strong link between health insurance and employment in the United States may cause workers to delay retirement until they become eligible for Medicare at age 65. However, some employers extend health insurance benefits to their retirees, and individuals who are eligible...
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Pensions, household saving, and welfare:A dynamic analysis
Blau. David M., , IZA, 2011, 57 p.
Empirical analyses of the effects of public and private pensions on household saving impose strong assumptions in order to obtain a tractable empirical model: fixed retirement and pension claiming ages, no borrowing constraint, little or no uncertainty, and no institutional...
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Blau. David M., , IZA, 2011, 57 p.
Empirical analyses of the effects of public and private pensions on household saving impose strong assumptions in order to obtain a tractable empirical model: fixed retirement and pension claiming ages, no borrowing constraint, little or no uncertainty, and no institutional...
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Social Security Bulletin (special issue on disability programs)
2011
In this issue: `` Employment of Individuals in the Social Security Disability Programs `` Employment among Social Security Disability Program Beneficiaries, 1996–2007 `` Longitudinal Statistics on Work Activity and Use of Employment Supports for New Social Security DI...
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In this issue: `` Employment of Individuals in the Social Security Disability Programs `` Employment among Social Security Disability Program Beneficiaries, 1996–2007 `` Longitudinal Statistics on Work Activity and Use of Employment Supports for New Social Security DI...
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How important are inheritances for baby boomers?
Munnell, Alicia H.; ... et al., , Center for Retirement Research, 2011, 8 p.
Due to a changing retirement landscape, many baby boomers are likely to have insufficient resources for a secure retirement. One potential source that could improve their situation is inheritances. This study quantifies the aggregate amount of inheritances that baby boomers ?...
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Munnell, Alicia H.; ... et al., , Center for Retirement Research, 2011, 8 p.
Due to a changing retirement landscape, many baby boomers are likely to have insufficient resources for a secure retirement. One potential source that could improve their situation is inheritances. This study quantifies the aggregate amount of inheritances that baby boomers ?...
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The U.S. Health System in Perspective: A Comparison of Twelve Industrialized Nations
Squires, David A., , The Commonwealth Fund, 2011, 14 p.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tracks and reports on more than 1,200 health system measures across 34 industrialized countries. This analysis concentrated on 2010 OECD health data for Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands,...
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Squires, David A., , The Commonwealth Fund, 2011, 14 p.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tracks and reports on more than 1,200 health system measures across 34 industrialized countries. This analysis concentrated on 2010 OECD health data for Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands,...
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Social Security in the 21st Century
Kilgour, John G., 2010, 459-469
The Social Security program is now 75 years old and debate and reform are in the air. Some decry that its benefits are inadequate and should be improved, especially for lifetime low earners, women and minorities. Others, more loudly, proclaim that the system is in financial...
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Kilgour, John G., 2010, 459-469
The Social Security program is now 75 years old and debate and reform are in the air. Some decry that its benefits are inadequate and should be improved, especially for lifetime low earners, women and minorities. Others, more loudly, proclaim that the system is in financial...
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How to Keep Seniors Working: Lessons from Chile
James, Estelle, National Center for Policy Analysis, 2010, 2 p.
American workers live longer each decade but they continue to retire early. They often begin receiving Social Security benefits, quit working and stop contributing to national output well before age 65. Reversing these trends must be an important objective when designing...
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James, Estelle, National Center for Policy Analysis, 2010, 2 p.
American workers live longer each decade but they continue to retire early. They often begin receiving Social Security benefits, quit working and stop contributing to national output well before age 65. Reversing these trends must be an important objective when designing...
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Responding to the downturn: How does information change behavior?
Coe, Norma B.; Haverstick, Kelly, Center for Retirement Research, 2010, 11 p.
Many workers nearing retirement experienced a dramatic decrease in their retirement assets due to the stock market downturn. In order to maintain their expected standard of living in retirement, workers will need to work longer, save more, or do both. To measure the response...
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Coe, Norma B.; Haverstick, Kelly, Center for Retirement Research, 2010, 11 p.
Many workers nearing retirement experienced a dramatic decrease in their retirement assets due to the stock market downturn. In order to maintain their expected standard of living in retirement, workers will need to work longer, save more, or do both. To measure the response...
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ISSA Crisis Monitor Project: Country case study - United States
Wood, Alan, ISSA, 2010, 12 p.
From its origins in the United States (US) mortgage market in 2007, the crisis had an immediate and pronounced impact on the country. The federal budget deficit swelled from US-dollar (USD)455 billion to USD1.4 trillion between 2008 and 2009, unemployment more than doubled...
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Wood, Alan, ISSA, 2010, 12 p.
From its origins in the United States (US) mortgage market in 2007, the crisis had an immediate and pronounced impact on the country. The federal budget deficit swelled from US-dollar (USD)455 billion to USD1.4 trillion between 2008 and 2009, unemployment more than doubled...
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Framing Social Security Reform: BehavioralResponses to Changes in the Full Retirement Age
Behaghel, Luc; Blau, David M., Institute for the Study of Labor, 2010, 61 p.
We use a US Social Security reform as a quasi-experiment to provide evidence on framing effects in retirement behavior. The reform increased the full retirement age (FRA) from 65 to 66 in two month increments per year of birth for cohorts born from 1938 to 1943. We find strong...
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Behaghel, Luc; Blau, David M., Institute for the Study of Labor, 2010, 61 p.
We use a US Social Security reform as a quasi-experiment to provide evidence on framing effects in retirement behavior. The reform increased the full retirement age (FRA) from 65 to 66 in two month increments per year of birth for cohorts born from 1938 to 1943. We find strong...
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2010 U.S. Health Care Consumerism Survey
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, 2010
n its third year, the 2010 Survey of Health Care Consumers found that, despite difficult economic times and the ongoing health reform debate, consumers’ attitudes about the U.S. health care system remain largely unchanged from 2009 to 2010. Since 2008, the Deloitte Center...
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Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, 2010
n its third year, the 2010 Survey of Health Care Consumers found that, despite difficult economic times and the ongoing health reform debate, consumers’ attitudes about the U.S. health care system remain largely unchanged from 2009 to 2010. Since 2008, the Deloitte Center...
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Hard Work? Patterns in physically demanding labor among older workers
Rho, Hye Jin, Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2010, 19 p.
Employment in physically demanding jobs or in jobs with difficult working conditions is a major cause of early labor-market exit among older workers. Raising the retirement age is particularly concerning for near-retirement age workers with such jobs. Despite the fact that the...
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Rho, Hye Jin, Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2010, 19 p.
Employment in physically demanding jobs or in jobs with difficult working conditions is a major cause of early labor-market exit among older workers. Raising the retirement age is particularly concerning for near-retirement age workers with such jobs. Despite the fact that the...
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Websites
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CLEISS : Régimes locaux
Centre des liaisons européennes et internationales de sécurité sociale, CLEISS
Cette page web aborde les différents aspects des systèmes de protection sociale locale dans les différents pays : organisation, financement, risques couverts. (Source : CLEISS)
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Centre des liaisons européennes et internationales de sécurité sociale, CLEISS
Cette page web aborde les différents aspects des systèmes de protection sociale locale dans les différents pays : organisation, financement, risques couverts. (Source : CLEISS)
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Alliance for Health Reform : Health care reform, uninsured, cost of health care
Alliance for health reform, Alliance for Health Reform
This website provides information on health care reform and health care policy, including the uninsured, Medicare policy, cost of health care, child health insurance, private health insurance and other health policy issues in United-States. (Source: www.allhealth.org)
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Alliance for health reform, Alliance for Health Reform
This website provides information on health care reform and health care policy, including the uninsured, Medicare policy, cost of health care, child health insurance, private health insurance and other health policy issues in United-States. (Source: www.allhealth.org)
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Cato Institute
Individual Liberty, Free Markets and Peace
Cato Institute
The Cato Institute undertakes an extensive publications program dealing with the complete spectrum of public policy issues. Books, monographs, briefing papers and shorter studies are commissioned to examine issues in nearly every corner of the public policy debate. Policy...
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Individual Liberty, Free Markets and Peace
Cato Institute
The Cato Institute undertakes an extensive publications program dealing with the complete spectrum of public policy issues. Books, monographs, briefing papers and shorter studies are commissioned to examine issues in nearly every corner of the public policy debate. Policy...
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Center for Retirement Research
Center for Retirement Research, Boston College
The web site of the Center for Retirement Research provides some valuable data sources on retirement issues. (Source: CRR)
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Center for Retirement Research, Boston College
The web site of the Center for Retirement Research provides some valuable data sources on retirement issues. (Source: CRR)
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NATLEX : Country Profiles
ILO
The NATLEX COUNTRY PROFILES DATABASE brings together information on national labour law and the application of international labour standards in one portal. The profiles include: - Basic information (membership, ILO office, etc.) - Ratifications -- including ratifications of...
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ILO
The NATLEX COUNTRY PROFILES DATABASE brings together information on national labour law and the application of international labour standards in one portal. The profiles include: - Basic information (membership, ILO office, etc.) - Ratifications -- including ratifications of...
English, French, Spanish
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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER
In the NBER's Website, you will find informations on the organization, its activities and working programs - aging, health, health care, health Economics and labor studies - but also publications like working papers, books or bulletins in electronic version and statistical...
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National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER
In the NBER's Website, you will find informations on the organization, its activities and working programs - aging, health, health care, health Economics and labor studies - but also publications like working papers, books or bulletins in electronic version and statistical...
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RetirementReforms.org
National Center for policy analysis, , National Center for Policy Analysis
Learn about Social Security, Medicare, income tax and other federal tax policies that could affect your retirement provided by National Center for Policy Analysis experts.
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National Center for policy analysis, , National Center for Policy Analysis
Learn about Social Security, Medicare, income tax and other federal tax policies that could affect your retirement provided by National Center for Policy Analysis experts.
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The Pension Research Council
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Press
The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is committed to generating debate on key policy issues affecting pensions and other employee benefits. (Source: Pension Research Council)
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The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Press
The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is committed to generating debate on key policy issues affecting pensions and other employee benefits. (Source: Pension Research Council)
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World Health Organization : Countries
WHO
The Country Health Profile provides an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a description of institutional frameworks, trends in the national response, key issues and challenges. (Source: who.int)
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WHO
The Country Health Profile provides an overview of the situation and trends of priority health problems and the health systems profile, including a description of institutional frameworks, trends in the national response, key issues and challenges. (Source: who.int)
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Annual and statistical reports
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Annual Statistical Report [Social Security Administration]
Office of Retirement and Disability Policy; Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, SSA
Since 1974, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program has guaranteed a minimum level of income for needy aged, blind, or disabled individuals. Each year, it issues a report that presents data on the SSI program and the people who receive benefits from it. (Source:...
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Office of Retirement and Disability Policy; Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, SSA
Since 1974, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program has guaranteed a minimum level of income for needy aged, blind, or disabled individuals. Each year, it issues a report that presents data on the SSI program and the people who receive benefits from it. (Source:...
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Medicare Trustees Report
Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
The Medicare Program is the second-largest social insurance program in the U.S., with 45.2 million beneficiaries and total expenditures of $468 billion in 2008. The Boards of Trustees for Medicare report annually to the Congress on the financial operations and actuarial status...
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Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
The Medicare Program is the second-largest social insurance program in the U.S., with 45.2 million beneficiaries and total expenditures of $468 billion in 2008. The Boards of Trustees for Medicare report annually to the Congress on the financial operations and actuarial status...
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Social Security State Quick Fact Sheets
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), AARP
Provides a one-page overview of quick facts on Social Security for each states in United States. Information is provided about USA's older population, average personal income, Social Security beneficiaries, Social Security benefits, Social Security's role in lifting retirees...
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American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), AARP
Provides a one-page overview of quick facts on Social Security for each states in United States. Information is provided about USA's older population, average personal income, Social Security beneficiaries, Social Security benefits, Social Security's role in lifting retirees...
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