Social Security : The Chilean Approach to Retirement

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Assesses and provides overview of the Chilean individual retirement accounts system as a possible model for U.S. social security reform. Describes U.S. social security policy debate, and compares d...

Assesses and provides overview of the Chilean individual retirement accounts system as a possible model for U.S. social security reform. Describes U.S. social security policy debate, and compares demographic, economic, and political aspects of Chile and the U.S. Reviews pension reform bill sent to the Chilean Congress for debate in 2007, and evaluates track record of Chilean individual retirement accounts system since its inception in 1981. Includes tables and graphs.

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