Eric R Kingson
Biographic Data
| ID | 188493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric R Kingson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric R |
| FAMILY NAME | Kingson |
| SIGNATURE | KINGSON E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Teaching Note—Illuminating Policy Practice Close to Home: The Syracuse University Experience
Appreciation of policy practice and its rudiments can be achieved beyond the walls of a university classroom, an understanding exemplified by Syracuse University School of Social Work’s annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Day (LPD). This article describes the school’s approach and its creative use of the Onondaga County Legislative Chambers as venue of choice. Students, faculty, government officials, local and national presenters, and commun…
In Response to Professor Dobelstein's Respectful Critique of A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Eric R. Kingson responds to Andrew Dobelstein's position with regard to “A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly,” which was published in Poverty & Public Policy Volume 2, Issue 3
A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Eric Kingson was an advisor to the 1982 National Commission on Social Security Reform and to the 1994 Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform. Drawing on the experience of 1982 (the “Good”) and 1994 (the “Bad”) commissions, he concludes that the fast‐track debt commission as proposed by Senators Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg would result in an unprecedented and deleterious approach to Social Security policy‐making. The structure and fun…
Understanding the Debate Over the Privatization of Social Security
Serious consideration is being given to the merits of privatizing Social Security. Debate over privatization and the future of Social Security gives expression to two differing value systems: the community-enhancing values of the program's defenders versus libertarian values of its critics. This article examines the implications of the debate. Areas of agreement among advocates and opponents of privatization are discussed. Special attention is pa…
The greying of the baby boom in the United States: Framing the policy debate
Issues surrounding the retirement of the large post-World War II 'baby boom' generation in the United States are often framed either in terms of impending intergenerational crisis or as an event to which the United States can gradually adjust. This paper examines these two perspectives as they compete to define U.S. social security policy. It suggests that the intergenerational crisis perspective functions primarily as an ideological argument and…
Generational equity or privatization of social security
Generational Equity: An Unexpected Opportunity to Broaden the Politics of Aging
Aging interest groups and others concerned with the elderly population should give careful consideration to broadening the politics of aging by emphasizing justice between rich and poor and advocacy for all age groups. Such a politics would provide continued support for universal programs such as Social Security and be based on the principle that those most able to contribute to societal progress, regardless of age, bear the greatest burden. It w…
The Effect of Changes in the Federal Disability Programs on State and Local General Assistance Programs
Since early 1981, there has been a large-scale removal of persons from the SSI and Social Security disability programs as a result of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980. This article reports on the findings of a national survey designed to determine whether the removal of persons from the federal disability programs had an impact on state and local General Assistance programs and the extent to which older recipients of General Assi…
Ties That Bind: The Interdependence of Generations
Local Administrative Practice and AFDC Error in Maryland
Data from two Maryland AFDC quality control samples (n=2376) are joined with data from two surveys of local administrative practices to examine administrative correlates of error. Less error exists among cases processed by agencies that: 1) use checklists to simplify agency procedures, 2) use follow-up controls in conjunction with tickler files, 3) have in-house training to deal with earned income procedures, 4) provide training on reducing earne…
Financing Social Security: Agenda‐setting and the Enactment of the 1983 Amendments to the Social Security Act
Reagan, Pickle and Pepper: The Benefit Reduction Versus Voluntary Approach to Encouraging Later Retirement
The degree to which benefit reduction and voluntary approaches to encouraging later retirement maximize four different and often conflicting policy objectives is assessed as are costs and benefits of these approaches to healthy and unhealthy older workers, minorities and women. While both approaches encourage later retirement, there are clear differences in the approaches in terms of meeting the goal of financing Social Security versus adequacy a…
Reagan, Pickle and Pepper: The Benefit Reduction Versus Voluntary Approach to Encouraging Later Retirement
The degree to which benefit reduction and voluntary approaches to encouraging later retirement maximize four different and often conflicting policy objectives is assessed as are costs and benefits of these approaches to healthy and unhealthy older workers, minorities and women. While both approaches encourage later retirement, there are clear differences in the approaches in terms of meeting the goal of financing Social Security versus adequacy a…
Local Administrative Practice and AFDC Error in Maryland
Data from two Maryland AFDC quality control samples (n=2376) are joined with data from two surveys of local administrative practices to examine administrative correlates of error. Less error exists among cases processed by agencies that: 1) use checklists to simplify agency procedures, 2) use follow-up controls in conjunction with tickler files, 3) have in-house training to deal with earned income procedures, 4) provide training on reducing earne…
Financing Social Security: Agenda‐setting and the Enactment of the 1983 Amendments to the Social Security Act
The Effect of Changes in the Federal Disability Programs on State and Local General Assistance Programs
Since early 1981, there has been a large-scale removal of persons from the SSI and Social Security disability programs as a result of the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980. This article reports on the findings of a national survey designed to determine whether the removal of persons from the federal disability programs had an impact on state and local General Assistance programs and the extent to which older recipients of General Assi…
Ties That Bind: The Interdependence of Generations
Generational Equity: An Unexpected Opportunity to Broaden the Politics of Aging
Aging interest groups and others concerned with the elderly population should give careful consideration to broadening the politics of aging by emphasizing justice between rich and poor and advocacy for all age groups. Such a politics would provide continued support for universal programs such as Social Security and be based on the principle that those most able to contribute to societal progress, regardless of age, bear the greatest burden. It w…
The greying of the baby boom in the United States: Framing the policy debate
Issues surrounding the retirement of the large post-World War II 'baby boom' generation in the United States are often framed either in terms of impending intergenerational crisis or as an event to which the United States can gradually adjust. This paper examines these two perspectives as they compete to define U.S. social security policy. It suggests that the intergenerational crisis perspective functions primarily as an ideological argument and…
Generational equity or privatization of social security
Understanding the Debate Over the Privatization of Social Security
Serious consideration is being given to the merits of privatizing Social Security. Debate over privatization and the future of Social Security gives expression to two differing value systems: the community-enhancing values of the program's defenders versus libertarian values of its critics. This article examines the implications of the debate. Areas of agreement among advocates and opponents of privatization are discussed. Special attention is pa…
A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Eric Kingson was an advisor to the 1982 National Commission on Social Security Reform and to the 1994 Bipartisan Commission on Entitlements and Tax Reform. Drawing on the experience of 1982 (the “Good”) and 1994 (the “Bad”) commissions, he concludes that the fast‐track debt commission as proposed by Senators Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg would result in an unprecedented and deleterious approach to Social Security policy‐making. The structure and fun…
In Response to Professor Dobelstein's Respectful Critique of A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Eric R. Kingson responds to Andrew Dobelstein's position with regard to “A Tale of Three Commissions: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly,” which was published in Poverty & Public Policy Volume 2, Issue 3
Teaching Note—Illuminating Policy Practice Close to Home: The Syracuse University Experience
Appreciation of policy practice and its rudiments can be achieved beyond the walls of a university classroom, an understanding exemplified by Syracuse University School of Social Work’s annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Day (LPD). This article describes the school’s approach and its creative use of the Onondaga County Legislative Chambers as venue of choice. Students, faculty, government officials, local and national presenters, and commun…
Economics (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Social security (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (4 works) · Global Health Care Issues (4 works)