Social security programs and retirement around the world: the relationship to youth employment.

• Position: Bureau Books - Conference notes

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment, edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise, is available from the University of Chicago Press for $110.00. This NBER Conference Report offers comparative analysis from twelve countries and examines the issue of age in the labor force. A notable group of contributors analyze: the relationship between the incentives to retire and the proportion of older people in the workforce; the effects that reforming social security would have on the employment rates of older workers; and how extending labor force participation will affect program costs...