Prospects for social security reform / edited by Olivia S. Mitchell, Robert J. Myers, and Howard Young.

"Pension Research Council, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of the issues / Olivia S. Mitchell, Robert J. Myers, and Howard Young -- Measuring solvency in the social security system / Stephen C. Goss -- Criteria for evaluating social security reform / Joseph F. Quinn -- New opportunities for the social security system / Stephen G. Kellison and Marilyn Moon -- Social security money's worth / John Geanakoplos, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Stephen P. Zeldes -- Simulating benefit levels under alternative social security reforms / Gordon P. Goodfellow and Sylvester J. Schieber -- Stochastic simulation of economic growth effects of social security reform / Martin R. Holmer -- Thinking about social security's trust fund / Kent A. Smetters -- Government guarantees for old age income / George G. Pennacchi -- Means testing social security / David Neumark and Elizabeth Powers -- Social security and employer induced retirement / Robert M. Hutchens -- Compliance in social security systems around the world / Joyce Manchester -- Employer responses to social security reform / Janice M. Gregory -- Actuarial perspective on how social security reform could influence employer-sponsored pensions / Christopher Bone -- Organized labor perspective on social security reform / David S. Blitzstein -- Women as widows under a reformed social security system / Karen C. Holden -- Investment and administrative constraints on individual social security accounts / Robert C. Pozen and John M. Kimpel -- Americans' views of social security and social security reforms / John Rother and William E. Wright.