Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA
ISBN13: 9780199286119ISBN10: 0199286116
Hardback,
352 pages
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Aug 2006,
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$125.00 (06)Description
Comparing the USA, eight European countries, and Japan, this book demonstrates significant cross-national differences in early retirement across countries and over time. The study evaluates the impact of major variations in welfare regimes, production systems, and labor relations and provides comprehensive empirical analysis and a balanced approach to studying both the pull and the push factors affecting early exit from work needed to understand the development of early retirement regimes.Features
- Early retirement is a topic of considerable current debate in advanced market economies
- Uses empirical data from 8 European countries, the USA, and Japan
- Discusses current and future retirment policy reform
