Research Catalog

Title

Social Security in the 21st century / Eric R. Kingson and James H. Schulz, editors.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Kingson, Eric R.
• Schulz, James H.

Description

xxii, 313 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Social Security in the twenty-first century

Subjects

• Social security > United States
• Social security > United States > Forecasting
• Twenty-first century > Forecasts

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-306) and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Peter Diamond -- 1. The Social Insurance Approach and Social Security / Lawrence H. Thompson and Melinda M. Upp -- 2. The Historical Development of Social Security in the United States / Edward D. Berkowitz -- 3. Should Social Security be Means-Tested? / Eric R. Kingson and James H. Schulz -- 4. Are Social Security Benefits Too High or Too Low? / Marilyn Moon -- 5. Are Returns on Payroll Taxes Fair? / Yung-Ping Chen and Stephen C. Goss -- 6. Social Security and the Economic Security of Women: Is It Fair? / Karen C. Holden -- 7. Disability: Why Does the Search for Good Programs Continue? / Jerry L. Mashaw -- 8. Does Social Security Discourage Work? / Jill Quadagno and Joseph Quinn -- 9. How Does Social Security Affect the Economy? / Edward M. Gramlich -- 10. What Economic Role for the Trust Funds? / Barry Bosworth -- 11. Strong Support But Low Confidence What Explains the Contradiction? / Virginia P. Reno and Robert B. Friedland --
• 12. Social Security Politics and the Conflict Between Generations: Are We Asking the Right Questions? / Theodore R. Marmor, Fay Lomax Cook and Stephen Scher -- 13. Will Social Security be there for Me? / Robert J. Myers -- 14. Adequacy and Equity Issues: Another View / Michael D. Hurd -- 15. Financing and Work Issues: Another View / Dwight K. Bartlett -- 16. Institutional and Administrative Issues / Stanford G. Ross -- 17. Social Security in the 21st Century the Need for Change / C. Eugene Steuerle -- 18. Bridging the Centuries: The Case for Traditional Social Security / Robert M. Ball and Thomas N. Bethell.

ISBN

• 0195104242
• 0195104250 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

95026367

OCLC

ocm33668360

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries