Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Perspectives on the Structure and Role of Family Benefits
Melissa M. Favreault, Frank J. Sammartino, and C. Eugene Steuerle
2 Family Benefits in Social Security: A Historical Commentary
Edward D. Berkowitz
3 The Status of the Retired Population, Now and in the Future
Karen E. Smith
4 Social Security and Single Mothers: Options for "Making Work Pay" into Retirement
Sheila R. Zedlewski with Rumki Saha
5 Social Security and the Treatment of Families: How Does the United States Compare with Other Developed Countries? Lawrence H. Thompson and Adam Carasso
6 Social Security Benefits for Spouses and Survivors: Options for Change
Melissa M. Favreault, Frank J. Sammartino, and C. Eugene Steuerle
7 Women and Individual Accounts
Rudolph G. Penner and Elizabeth Cove
8 Multiple Choices: Property Rights and Individual Accounts
Pamela Perun
9 The Family, Social Security, and the Retirement Decision
Melissa M. Favreault and Richard W. Johnson
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
