TY - BOOK ID - 34937520 TI - Social security programs and retirement around the world : the capacity to work at older ages AU - Wise, David A. AU - University of Chicago Press PY - 2017 SN - 9780226442877 022644287X 022644290X PB - Chicago London The University of Chicago Press DB - UniCat KW - Age and employment KW - Post-retirement employment KW - Health expectancy KW - Older people KW - Econometric models KW - Health aspects KW - Employment KW - Health and hygiene KW - Econometric models. KW - Age and employment - Econometric models KW - Post-retirement employment - Health aspects - Cross-cultural studies KW - Post-retirement employment - Health aspects - Econometric models KW - Health expectancy - Econometric models KW - Older people - Employment - Econometric models KW - Older people - Health and hygiene - Econometric models UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:34937520 AB - In recent years, the retirement age for public pensions has increased across many countries, and additional increases are in progress or under discussion in many more. The seventh stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security programs and labor force participation, Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages explores people’s capacity to work beyond the current retirement age. It brings together an international team of scholars from twelve countries—Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States—to analyze this issue. Contributors find that many—but not all—individuals have substantial capacity to work at older ages. However, they also consider how policymakers might divide gains in life expectancy between years of work and retirement, as well as the main impediments to longer work life. They consider factors that influence the demand for older workers, as well as the evolution of health and disability status, which may affect labor supply from the older population. ER -