Reforming public pensions in the US and the UK
By: Peter A. Diamond
Contributors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics
Series: Working paper series / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics -- working paper 05-19; Working paper (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics) -- no. 05-19.
Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Other titles: Reforming pensions in the United States and the United Kingdom
Description: This essay describes the current debate on reforming Social Security in the US, along with a brief description of how the program works. Along the way it comments on the quality of some proposed reform proposals as well as their political standing. Where issues are similar, some inferences are drawn for the UK. Keywords: Social Security, individual accounts. JEL Classifications: H55.
Notes: "August 5, 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-19).

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