Publication Date

1-1-2014

Series

WE focus series

DOI

10.17848/9780880994958

Abstract

Sass discusses the evolution of the U.S. Railroad Retirement System and whether its ability to invest its assets in private equities offers any lessons for Social Security.

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Contents

  1. A Brief History of Railroad Retirement Programs
  2. The Appeal of Equity Investment
  3. The Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001
  4. An Assessment to Date of the Reformed Railroad Retirement Program
  5. The Reform's Effect on Workers and Carriers
  6. Lessons for Social Security

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9780880994941 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

LABOR MARKET ISSUES; Retirement and pensions

Privatizing Railroad Retirement

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Sass, Steven A. 2014. Privatizing Railroad Retirement. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880994958

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