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As the average age of the population continues to rise in industrialized nations, the fiscal impacts of aging demand ever-closer attention. Closing the Deficit examines one oft-discussed approach to the issue—encouraging people to work longer than they now do.
Workers would spend more years paying taxes and fewer years drawing pension and health benefits. But how much difference to spending and revenues would longer working lives make? What steps could be taken to make longer working lives attractive? And what would happen to older Americans not in a position to prolong their work lives? Leading scholars examine these issues in Closing the Deficit, edited by Brookings economists Gary Burtless and Henry Aaron.
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As the average age of the population continues to rise in industrialized nations, the fiscal impacts of aging demand ever-closer attention. This title examines one oft-discussed approach to the issue - encouraging people to work longer than they now do.
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Product details
ISBN
9780815704034
Published
2013-09-18
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Weight
245 gr
Height
226 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
10 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
142