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the changing roles of women and men in American society
Front Cover; A Challenge to Social Security: The Changing Roles of Women and Men in American Society; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Director's Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction; The Current System: How It Works; Historical Conflicts in OASI; The Controversy over Spouse Benefits; A Look at Alternative Reforms; Conclusions; Chapter 2. Concepts Underlying the Current Controversy about Women's Social Security Benefits; Basic Concepts in Social Insurance and Related Programs; Changing the Social Security System; Summary
Chapter 3. Supplemental OASI Benefits to Homemakers Through Current Spouse Benefits, a Homemaker Credit, and Child-Care Drop-Out YearsThe Dual Entitlement Provision: An Implicit Means Test; The Distribution of Dependent Benefits among the Aged; Substituting an Explicit Credit for Spouse Benefits; Evaluation of Alternative Systems; Appendix; Discussion; Chapter 4 .Earnings Sharing: Incremental and Fundamental Reform; Spouse Benefit versus Earnings Sharing; The Current Earnings-Sharing Proposals; Conclusion; Discussion; Chapter 5. Women and a Two-Tier Social Security System
Major Problems Surrounding the Treatment of Women under Social SecurityThe Two-Tier System with Earnings Sharing; Impact on Women; Conclusion; Appendix; Discussion; Chapter 6 .The Double-Decker Alternative for Eliminating Dependency under Social Security; The Double-Decker Alternative for Eliminating Dependency under Social Security; The Simulation; The Immediate Impact of Adopting a Double-Decker System; The Overall Social Security Benefit Structure and the Objectives of Old-Age Income Maintenance Policy; Discussion; Chapter 7. Disability Insurance under Proposed Reforms; Introduction
Definitions and ConceptsThe Objectives of Disability Insurance (DI); The Effects of Extending DI Coverage; Administrative Feasibility of Extending Coverage; Conclusion; Discussion; Chapter 8 .Occupational Pension Plans and Spouse Benefits; Historical Background; Current Pension Plan Benefits for Spouses; Rights of a Spouse to Employee Pension Entitlements on Dissolution of Marriage; The Future of Spouse Benefits under Occupational Pension Plans; Summary; Discussion; Chapter 9. The Housewife and Social Security Reform: A Feminist Perspective
Chapter 10. Incremental Change in Social Security Needed to Result in Equal and Fair Treatment of Men and WomenNature of OASDI and Medicare; History of Equal Treatment of Men and Women under Social Security; Criticism of Present Treatment of Men and Women; Proposed Solutions and Their Weaknesses; Solutions Through Incremental Change; Conclusion; Chapter 11. The Changing Nature of Social Security; Glossary; References; Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263) and index.
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