Social Security and Retirement around the World presents comparable
descriptive data and analytic calculations for each of the eleven
countries discussed. The chapters begin with a description of the
historical evolution of labor force participation and then present data
on the current age-specific activities and income sources of men and
women. Each paper then goes on to describe the institutional features of
the country's social security system, highlighting any interactions with
other public and private programs that might also influence retirement
behavior. At the core of each chapter is a detailed analysis of the
retirement incentives inherent in the provisions of that country's
retirement income system. Through this process of analysis, the
individual studies provide a means of comparing the retirement
incentives among the nations.