1st Edition

Domain Linkages and Privatization in Social Security

Edited By Jun-Young Kim, Per-Gunnar Svensson Copyright 2000
364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  This volume is based on papers presented at the sixth International Research Seminar on "Issues in Social Security", held by FISS on 12-15 June 1999 in Sigtuna, Sweden. The book relates to the discussion about the merits of improving the incentive structure of social security programmes by privatization. The first part contains two important chapters... Read more
1: Domain Linkages and the Privatization Issue; 1: 1.1 Domain linkages in the welfare state; 2: 1.2 Privatization and consistency in social insurance; 2: Comparative Studies; 3: 2.1 The labor market, retirement and disability; 4: 2.2 The interaction of labour market policy and old-age insurance – An international comparison 1; 5: 2.3 Child maintenance: the balance between private and public responsibility; 6: 2.4 Poverty and social safety nets in Korea; 3: Country Studies: (Early) Retirement; 7: 3.1 Corporate pension reform in Japan and the effect of frequency of job changes by middle-aged and elderly workers; 8: 3.2 Reform of retirement programs and the future well-being of the elderly in America; 9: 3.3 At the crossroads between working life and early exit-the middle-aged Finnish baby-boomers and their lifestyle choices; 4: Country Studies: Other Issues; 10: 4.1 Sick in the 80s: Unemployed in the 90s?; 11: 4.2 Welfare programmes for unemployment income in Albania; 12: 4.3 Work, children, family structure and welfare: an integrative framework; 13: 4.4 The income support law in Israel: Background and future legislation

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Jun-Young Kim, Per-Gunnar Svensson