The future of the safety net
Subtitle: social insurance and employee benefits
By: edited by Sheldon Friedman and David C. Jacobs.
Contributors: Friedman, Sheldon.; Jacobs, David C., 1953-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Industrial Relations Research Association series
Publisher: Industrial Relations Research Association
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Champaign, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Employee fringe benefits -- United States; Social security -- United States; Insurance, Health -- United States
Other titles: Social insurance and employee benefits
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER I; title: Introduction mand Overiew I; title: Sheldon Friedman and David C. Jacobs; title: CHAPTER 2-Programs without Altemative: Public Pensions; title: in the OECD 15; title: Christian E. Weller; title: CHAPTER 3-Diverting the Old-Age Crisis: Intemational; title: Projections of Living Standards73; title: Dean Baker; title: CHAPTER 4-Social Security: A True Family Value 101; title: Valerie Rawlsto( and William Spriggs; title: CHAPTER 5-Issues in Social Security Reform 119; title: Peter Diamond; title: CHAPTER 6; title: The State of Private Pensions 139; title: Dallas L. Seaishury; title: CHAPTER 7-Rising Expectations: Women, Retirement; title: Security, and Private Pensions 165; title: Teresa Ghilardueei; title: CHAPTER 8-Prospects for National Health Insurance in the; title: United States187; title: David C. Jacobs; title: CHAPTER 9-Medicare: Past, Present, and Future 201; title: Edith Rasell; title: CHAPTER 10-Contingent Workers: Health and Pension; title: Security 225; title: Helene J. Jorgensen and Robert E. MeCarrah, Jr; title: CHAPTER 11-Benefits for Same-Sex Partners : 239; title: NancyJ. Sedmak; title: About the Contributors 261.