Burkhauser / Holden A Challenge to Social Security

The Changing Roles of Women and Men in American Society
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6126-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Web PDF

A Challenge to Social Security: The Changing Roles of Women and Men in American Society is a collection of papers that deals with social security reform. The papers concern insurance and pure income transfer aspects of various proposals and the assumptions regarding the family and work behavior found in each proposal. The proposed reforms attempt to fix the shortcomings of the Old Age, Survivors Insurance (OASI) Program, sometimes at the expense of reducing the subsidy for women who remain at home, or through alterations of the subsidy's nature. Other papers discuss the current spouse benefits under the dual entitlement rule; homemaker credits; child-care drop-out years; and one going against the grain, earnings sharing. One paper sees earning sharing as the only way to provide security to the homemaker without being unfair to the working wife. Other papers tackle the issues of women and a two-tier social security system; the double-decker alternative to eliminate dependency under social security; and the social security reform from a feminist's perspective. This collection can prove useful for economists, sociologists, political scientists, and policy makers involved in welfare and social security.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burkhauser, Richard V.

Holden, Karen C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;A Challenge to Social Security: The Changing Roles of Women and Men in American Society;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;List of Figures and Tables;14
6;Contributors;18
7;Acknowledgments;20
8;Director's Foreword;22
9;Chapter 1. Introduction;26
9.1;The Current System: How It Works;27
9.2;Historical Conflicts in OASI;29
9.3;The Controversy over Spouse Benefits;34
9.4;A Look at Alternative Reforms;38
9.5;Conclusions;45
10;Chapter 2. Concepts Underlying the Current Controversy about Women's Social Security Benefits;46
10.1;Basic Concepts in Social Insurance and Related Programs;47
10.2;Changing the Social Security System;54
10.3;Summary;62
11;Chapter 3. Supplemental OASI Benefits to Homemakers Through Current Spouse Benefits, a Homemaker Credit, and Child-Care Drop-Out Years;66
11.1;The Dual Entitlement Provision: An Implicit Means Test;67
11.2;The Distribution of Dependent Benefits among the Aged;69
11.3;Substituting an Explicit Credit for Spouse Benefits;76
11.4;Evaluation of Alternative Systems;88
11.5;Appendix;90
11.6;Discussion;91
12;Chapter 4 .Earnings Sharing: Incremental and Fundamental Reform;98
12.1;Spouse Benefit versus Earnings Sharing;99
12.2;The Current Earnings-Sharing Proposals;113
12.3;Conclusion;116
12.4;Discussion;117
13;Chapter 5. Women and a Two-Tier Social Security System;126
13.1;Major Problems Surrounding the Treatment of Women under Social Security;127
13.2;The Two-Tier System with Earnings Sharing;132
13.3;Impact on Women;140
13.4;Conclusion;145
13.5;Appendix;146
13.6;Discussion;149
14;Chapter 6 .The Double-Decker Alternative for Eliminating Dependency under Social Security;156
14.1;The Double-Decker Alternative for Eliminating Dependency under Social Security;158
14.2;The Simulation;168
14.3;The Immediate Impact of Adopting a Double-Decker System;172
14.4;The Overall Social Security Benefit Structure and the Objectives of Old-Age Income Maintenance Policy;182
14.5;Discussion;186
15;Chapter 7. Disability Insurance under Proposed Reforms;194
15.1;Introduction;194
15.2;Definitions and Concepts;195
15.3;The Objectives of Disability Insurance (DI);197
15.4;The Effects of Extending DI Coverage;201
15.5;Administrative Feasibility of Extending Coverage;210
15.6;Conclusion;213
15.7;Discussion;215
16;Chapter 8 .Occupational Pension Plans and Spouse Benefits;226
16.1;Historical Background;226
16.2;Current Pension Plan Benefits for Spouses;231
16.3;Rights of a Spouse to Employee Pension Entitlements on Dissolution of Marriage;237
16.4;The Future of Spouse Benefits under Occupational Pension Plans;244
16.5;Summary;248
16.6;Discussion;249
17;Chapter 9. The Housewife and Social Security Reform: A Feminist Perspective;254
18;Chapter 10. Incremental Change in Social Security Needed to Result in Equal and Fair Treatment of Men and Women;260
18.1;Nature of OASDI and Medicare;260
18.2;History of Equal Treatment of Men and Women under Social Security;261
18.3;Criticism of Present Treatment of Men and Women;262
18.4;Proposed Solutions and Their Weaknesses;264
18.5;Solutions Through Incremental Change;267
18.6;Conclusion;269
19;Chapter 11. The Changing Nature of Social Security;272
20;Glossary;278
21;References;284
22;Index;290