Working Longer: The Solution to the Retirement Income Challenge

by Steven A. Sass and Alicia H. Munnell

Book Overview

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Daily headlines warn American workers that their retirement years may be far from golden. The main components of the retirement income system--Social Security and employer-provided pensions and health insurance--are in decline while the amount of income needed for a comfortable retirement continues to rise.

In Working Longer, Alicia Munnell and Steven Sass suggest a simple solution to this problem: postponing retirement by two to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815703112
• ISBN13: 9780815703112
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"