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| Preface | |
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| The Economic Status of the Aged | |
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| Diversity among the Elderly | |
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| Aged Income | |
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| The Aged Are Not a Homogeneous Group | |
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| The Impact of Taxation, Assets, and In-Kind Income | |
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| The Adequacy of Income in Old Age | |
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| The Impact of Inflation | |
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| Chapter 1 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| To Work or Not to Work | |
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| The Right to Retire | |
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| The Work-Leisure Trade-off | |
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| Economic Problems of Older Workers | |
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| Training Older Workers | |
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| The Retirement Decision | |
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| Mandatory versus Flexible Retirement Options | |
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| Do the Aged Want to Work? | |
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| Chapter 2 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Retirement Planning | |
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| Retirement Provision by Individuals | |
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| The Role of Pensions | |
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| Public or Private? | |
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| What Mix of Public and Private Pensions? | |
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| Arguments against and for Social Security | |
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| Arguments in Support of Private Pensions | |
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| The Pension Mix in Various Countries | |
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| Planning for Retirement | |
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| Finding Someone You Can Trust | |
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| Chapter 3 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Social Security: Old Age and Survivors' Benefits | |
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| The Changing Social Security System | |
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| The Principles of Social Security | |
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| Retirement Benefit Provisions | |
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| Social Security Pension Reforms | |
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| Chapter 4 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Social Security Financing: Who Pays? Who Should Pay? | |
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| Rising Pension Expenditures and Growing Controversy | |
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| Financing Social Security | |
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| Social Security and the Federal Budget | |
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| Financing Equity | |
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| Social Security Financial Reform Proposals | |
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| Chapter 5 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Health, Disability, and SSI Benefits | |
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| Health Insurance for the Elderly | |
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| Long-Term Care | |
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| Financing Health Care | |
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| Other Social Security Programs: Disability and SSI | |
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| The Supplemental Security Income Program | |
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| Chapter 6 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| What Role for Employer-Sponsored Pensions? | |
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| Who Is Covered? | |
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| Private Plan Characteristics | |
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| Private Pension Regulation | |
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| ERIS Helps but... | |
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| Financing Private Pensions | |
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| Women and Private Pensions | |
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| Government Employee Pension Plans | |
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| Chapter 7 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Population Aging: Generational Conflict? | |
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| Generational Conflict? | |
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| Aging Populations | |
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| Dependency Ratios | |
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| Financing an Aging Population | |
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| The Generational Equity Debate | |
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| "Put the Old Folks Back to Work!" | |
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| Age Is Not the Key Variable | |
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| Chapter 8 Highlights | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |