Gary Burtle
Biographic Data
| ID | 300061 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary Burtle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary |
| FAMILY NAME | Burtle |
| SIGNATURE | BURTLE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Can Improved Options for Private Saving Offer a Plausible Substitute for Public Pensions
Old-age income protection is provided in wealthy democracies by publicly funded defined-benefit pensions. Budgetary challenges have forced policy makers to consider private alternatives to these traditional systems. I consider the shortcomings of private saving arrangements in duplicating the advantages of public pensions. Some shortcomings can be overcome by introducing compulsory elements into private saving plans. Worker contributions into suc…
Évaluation de la réforme du Welfare aux États-Unis
Aux États-Unis, le dispositif d'aide sociale en faveur des parents d'âge actif et de leurs enfants a été profondément réformé en 1996. Les pouvoirs publics ont cherché à réduire la dépendance des familles vis-à-vis des prestations d'aide sociale en espèces en mettant fin à l'automaticité des droits et en limitant la durée de versement des prestations. Les réformes engagées aux États-Unis comportent un autre volet. À partir du milieu des années 19…
Five Years-After
Can We Afford to Grow Older? A Perspective on the Economics of Aging
The Case for Randomized Field Trials in Economic and Policy Research
Social experiments have been used in research since the 1960s, yet the technique of controlled experimentation still arouses controversy among social scientists. The crucial element that distinguishes a controlled experiment from other forms of research is random assignment of treatment to the observational units of study. Because treatment differences in the sample occur as a result of random chance, the effects of the treatment on behavior can …
Growth with Equity
Effects of Tax Reform on Labor Supply, Investment, and Saving
The U.S. tax system received two major overhauls during the 1980s: the tax cuts of 1981 and the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Supporters of both reforms argued that major changes in tax policy could boost saving, investment, labor supply, and entrepreneurship. Eventually, it was argued, such changes could reverse the slowdown in economic growth that began in the early 1970s and spur improvements in American living standards. The aim of this paper is to…
Can America Afford to Grow Old? Paying for Social Security
The Economist's Lament
This survey will provide a brief summary of the main features of the U.S. welfare system together with an assessment of some major criticisms of it. I will discuss major reforms proposed by economists and consider some recent evidence about the behavioral effects of welfare and alternatives to it. In the 1960s, many optimists believed that better research on welfare programs and the poor would result in improved policy making. In light of the abs…
Work, Health, and Income among the Elderly
Retirement and Economic Behavior
Measuring the Impact of Nit Experiments on Work Effort
In spite of exhaustive research by many analysts on the data generated by the NIT experiments, uncertainty remains over whether work reductions in the experiments should be considered "large" or "small." The authors of this paper argue that this uncertainty arises in part because different analysts have implicitly measured the responses of different groups of individuals exposed to the NIT treatment. The authors use data from the Seattle-Denver e…
The Case for Randomized Field Trials in Economic and Policy Research
Social experiments have been used in research since the 1960s, yet the technique of controlled experimentation still arouses controversy among social scientists. The crucial element that distinguishes a controlled experiment from other forms of research is random assignment of treatment to the observational units of study. Because treatment differences in the sample occur as a result of random chance, the effects of the treatment on behavior can …
The Economist's Lament
This survey will provide a brief summary of the main features of the U.S. welfare system together with an assessment of some major criticisms of it. I will discuss major reforms proposed by economists and consider some recent evidence about the behavioral effects of welfare and alternatives to it. In the 1960s, many optimists believed that better research on welfare programs and the poor would result in improved policy making. In light of the abs…
Can Improved Options for Private Saving Offer a Plausible Substitute for Public Pensions
Old-age income protection is provided in wealthy democracies by publicly funded defined-benefit pensions. Budgetary challenges have forced policy makers to consider private alternatives to these traditional systems. I consider the shortcomings of private saving arrangements in duplicating the advantages of public pensions. Some shortcomings can be overcome by introducing compulsory elements into private saving plans. Worker contributions into suc…
Évaluation de la réforme du Welfare aux États-Unis
Aux États-Unis, le dispositif d'aide sociale en faveur des parents d'âge actif et de leurs enfants a été profondément réformé en 1996. Les pouvoirs publics ont cherché à réduire la dépendance des familles vis-à-vis des prestations d'aide sociale en espèces en mettant fin à l'automaticité des droits et en limitant la durée de versement des prestations. Les réformes engagées aux États-Unis comportent un autre volet. À partir du milieu des années 19…
Effects of Tax Reform on Labor Supply, Investment, and Saving
The U.S. tax system received two major overhauls during the 1980s: the tax cuts of 1981 and the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Supporters of both reforms argued that major changes in tax policy could boost saving, investment, labor supply, and entrepreneurship. Eventually, it was argued, such changes could reverse the slowdown in economic growth that began in the early 1970s and spur improvements in American living standards. The aim of this paper is to…
Measuring the Impact of Nit Experiments on Work Effort
In spite of exhaustive research by many analysts on the data generated by the NIT experiments, uncertainty remains over whether work reductions in the experiments should be considered "large" or "small." The authors of this paper argue that this uncertainty arises in part because different analysts have implicitly measured the responses of different groups of individuals exposed to the NIT treatment. The authors use data from the Seattle-Denver e…
Retirement and Economic Behavior
Work, Health, and Income among the Elderly
The Economist's Lament
This survey will provide a brief summary of the main features of the U.S. welfare system together with an assessment of some major criticisms of it. I will discuss major reforms proposed by economists and consider some recent evidence about the behavioral effects of welfare and alternatives to it. In the 1960s, many optimists believed that better research on welfare programs and the poor would result in improved policy making. In light of the abs…
Effects of Tax Reform on Labor Supply, Investment, and Saving
The U.S. tax system received two major overhauls during the 1980s: the tax cuts of 1981 and the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Supporters of both reforms argued that major changes in tax policy could boost saving, investment, labor supply, and entrepreneurship. Eventually, it was argued, such changes could reverse the slowdown in economic growth that began in the early 1970s and spur improvements in American living standards. The aim of this paper is to…
Can America Afford to Grow Old? Paying for Social Security
Growth with Equity
The Case for Randomized Field Trials in Economic and Policy Research
Social experiments have been used in research since the 1960s, yet the technique of controlled experimentation still arouses controversy among social scientists. The crucial element that distinguishes a controlled experiment from other forms of research is random assignment of treatment to the observational units of study. Because treatment differences in the sample occur as a result of random chance, the effects of the treatment on behavior can …
Five Years-After
Can We Afford to Grow Older? A Perspective on the Economics of Aging
Évaluation de la réforme du Welfare aux États-Unis
Aux États-Unis, le dispositif d'aide sociale en faveur des parents d'âge actif et de leurs enfants a été profondément réformé en 1996. Les pouvoirs publics ont cherché à réduire la dépendance des familles vis-à-vis des prestations d'aide sociale en espèces en mettant fin à l'automaticité des droits et en limitant la durée de versement des prestations. Les réformes engagées aux États-Unis comportent un autre volet. À partir du milieu des années 19…
Can Improved Options for Private Saving Offer a Plausible Substitute for Public Pensions
Old-age income protection is provided in wealthy democracies by publicly funded defined-benefit pensions. Budgetary challenges have forced policy makers to consider private alternatives to these traditional systems. I consider the shortcomings of private saving arrangements in duplicating the advantages of public pensions. Some shortcomings can be overcome by introducing compulsory elements into private saving plans. Worker contributions into suc…
Economics (11 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Market economy (4 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Positive economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Work (physics) (3 works)