Social security programs and retirement around the world : fiscal implications of reform / edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise.

1. Microsimulation of Social Security Reforms in Belgium / Raphael Desmet, Alain Jousten, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau -- 2. Simulating the Response to Reform of Canada's Income Security Programs / Michael Baker, Jonathan Gruber and Kevin Milligan -- 3. Fiscal Implications of Reforms in Retirement Systems in Denmark / Paul Bingley, Nabanita Datta Gupta and Peder J. Pedersen -- 4. Simulating Retirement Behavior: The Case of France / Emmanuelle Walraet and Ronan Mahieu -- 5. The Budget Impact of Reduced Early Retirement Incentives on the German Public Pension System / Axel Borsch-Supan, Simone Kohnz and Reinhold Schnabel -- 6. Fiscal Implications of Pension Reforms in Italy / Agar Brugiavini and Franco Peracchi -- 7. Financial Implications of Social Security Reforms in Japan / Akiko S. Oishi and Takashi Oshio -- 8. Simulation of Pension Reforms in The Netherlands / Arie Kapteyn and Klaas de Vos -- 9. Evaluating Spanish Pension Expenditure under Alternative Reform Scenarios / Michele Boldrin and Sergi Jimenez-Martin -- 10. Financial Implications of Income Security Reforms in Sweden / Marten Palme and Ingemar Svensson -- 11. Fiscal Effects of Reforming the UK State Pension System / Richard Blundell and Carl Emmerson -- 12. Fiscal Effects of Social Security Reform in the United States / Courtney Coile and Jonathan Gruber.

This volume presents the third phase of the project.

An analysis and country-by-country comparison of the effects of social security incentives on retirement behavior in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the United States.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"In Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Fiscal Implications of Reform, Jonathan Gruber, David A. Wise, and experts from many countries examine the consequences of reforming social security programs in a dozen nations. Drawing on the work of an international group of noted economists, the editors show that social security programs provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force by retiring and taking the benefits to which they are entitled. By penalizing work, social security systems magnify the increased financial burden caused by aging populations, thus contributing to the insolvency of the system. This book is a model of comparative analysis that evaluates the effects of illustrative policies for countries facing the impending rapid growth of social security benefits."--BOOK JACKET.