Social Security Retirement Policy in Canada and the United States
Different Reforms, Different Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11970103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Denis Latulippe (0000-0003-3685-4246, École d’actuariat, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, corresponding author), John A Turner (0000-0003-0398-0676, Pension Policy Center, Washington, DC, USA) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 393-402 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cpp.2019-029 |
| OpenAlex | W2989477888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
For many years, social security retirement pensions were subject to similar entitlement conditions in Canada and the United States. However, over the past 20 years, Canadian and US social security policy has diverged on the conditions to become entitled to a retirement pension, including the full retirement age. These divergent policies have been associated with different outcomes with respect to the age at which social security benefits are claimed, the age at which workers leave employment, and the extent of part-time work at older ages. Policy reforms and experience in the two countries are reviewed. Before concluding, we examine other factors (education, unemployment, and private pensions) that could also explain behavioral differences
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Entitlement (fair division · Labour economics · Old Age Security · Pension · Political science · Retirement age · Social policy · Social security · Sociology · Unemployment · Work (physics · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Global Health Care Issues · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |