This article, sets out a series of principles for pension design rooted in economic theory:
pension systems have multiple objectives, analysis should consider the pension system as a …

The older population is surging as people live longer and the baby boom generation ages,
creating significant challenges for the nation. With the number of workers per retiree …

Security Act), historians disagree about why legislators excluded domestic and agricultural
workers from old-age insurance (Title II, what is now known as Social Security). Some …

Recently, analysts in the United States (US) have proposed adopting caregiver credits, or
pension credits, provided to individuals for time spent out of the workforce while caring for …

In recent years, the big news in Social Security reform has been the program's fiscal
concerns. In light of concerns about both program costs and benefit adequacy, we propose …

Large-scale changes in American family structures over the past decades have important
implications for the retirement experiences of women. In this study, the authors use a …

The fundamental purpose of a public mandatory pension system is to prevent poverty in old
age. Beyond that goal, many countries aspire to structure their mandatory system to provide …

Social Security retirement benefits in the United States (US) reflect marital histories and
lifetime earnings of current andformer married couples. Focusing on the link between marital …

Despite working hard and playing by the rules over long periods, many workers end up poor
in retirement. We propose a new, enhanced minimum benefit for Social Security that targets …

Gornick and Meyers do a fine job of describing the complex problem facing people in
modern societies: achieving a balance both between caring and earning in individual and …