Reforming Public Pensions in the Us and the UK

36 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2005

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Peter A. Diamond

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Date Written: August 5, 2005

Abstract

This essay describes the current debate on reforming Social Security in the US, along with a brief description of how the program works. Along the way it comments on the quality of some proposed reform proposals as well as their political standing. Where issues are similar, some inferences are drawn for the UK.

Keywords: Social Security, individual accounts

JEL Classification: H55

Suggested Citation

Diamond, Peter A., Reforming Public Pensions in the Us and the UK (August 5, 2005). MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 05-19, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=777946 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.777946

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