Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World represents the second stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security and labor. In the first volume, Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise revealed enormous disincentives to continued work at older ages in developed countries. Provisions of many social security programs typically encourage retirement by reducing pay for work, inducing older employees to leave the labor force early and magnifying the financial burden caused by an aging population. At a certain age there is simply no financial benefit to continuing to work.

In this volume, the authors turn to a country-by-country analysis of retirement behavior based on micro-data. The result of research compiled by teams in twelve countries, the volume shows an almost uniform correlation between levels of social security incentives and retirement behavior in each country. The estimates also show that the effect is strikingly uniform in countries with very different cultural histories, labor market institutions, and other social characteristics.

Jonathan Gruber and David Wise (Eds.), Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Jonathan Gruber and David Wise (Eds.), Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
John B. Williamson
Manufacturer: Western Michigan University, School of Social Work
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Title: Jonathan Gruber and David Wise (Eds.), Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation.(Book Review)
Author: John B. Williamson
Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2005
Publisher: Western Michigan University, School of Social Work
Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Page: 176(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Good book.......2004-10-13

Yes, it's a good book. Many interesting informations, very practical (except 1 or 2 chapters), lot of good ideas and common sense (and in the world of merger, it's not that common). Even at such a high price, it's still worth the investment.

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Cellular Biophysics is a quantitatively oriented basic physiology text for senior undergraduate and graduate students in bioengineering, biophysics, physiology, and neuroscience programs. It will also serve as a major reference work for biophysicists.

Developed from the author's notes for a course that he has taught at MIT for many years, these books provide a clear and logical explanation of the foundations of cell biophysics, teaching transport and the electrical properties of cells from a combined biological, physical, and engineering viewpoint.

Each volume contains introductory chapters that motivate the material and present it in a broad historical context. Important experimental results and methods are described. Theories are derived almost always from first principles so that students develop an understanding of not only the predictions of the theory but also its limitations. Theoretical results are compared carefully with experimental findings and new results appear throughout. There are many time-tested exercises and problems as well as extensive lists of references.

The volume on the electrical properties of cells covers both electrically inexcitable cells as well as electrically excitable cells such as neurons and muscle cells. Included are chapters on lumped-parameter and distributed-parameter models of cells, linear electric properties of cells, the Hodgkin-Huxley model of the giant axon of the squid, saltatory conduction in myelinated nerve fibers, and voltage-gated ion channels.

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Hodgkin Huxley Equations and Cable Equations.......2005-04-17

This is a mathematical cell neurophysiology tour de force which gives the most up to date information on the cable equations. Anyone doing research on that small area will find an enormous wealth of information here. It is good as a reference text on cable equation derivations. The book is based on lectures given by Thomas Weiss at MIT in Biophysics. It was a tough course I am sure. This book is for serious mathematical neuroscientists.

Self-contained!.......2001-08-13

Many books claim to be self-contained. A typical self-contained book usually has an appendix and breifly discusses some mathematical preliminaries, etc. that seldom helps a genuine beginner. A typical ``self-contained book'' is also somewhat thin to incorporate all the necessary background.

This is a THICK volume.

And, wow, this book shows you step-by-step how to get a solution of the cable equation. To be quite honest the approach was not entirely satisfactory nor is there any attempt to go beyond the passive membrane. However, I found many precious pieces that you cannot find in any other books. The only drawback is, I believe, this book is too thorough for a beginner. Nonetheless it makes a good reference book.

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Cellular Biophysics, Vol. 2: Electrical Properties
T. F. Weiss
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Dry but great guide to the history of American work boats........2003-12-24

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There is no substitute for this definitive work.......1998-02-23

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Writing isn't as lonely with a guide.......2005-08-25

Writers often work alone, winding their way through often-dark passages of memory. With Jane Taylor McDonnell's warm, wise book as a guide, writing is less lonely, less frightening, especially when one is writing about a difficult obstacle life has thrown their way, be it a friend's suicide, a child with autism, or the too-often-neglected childhood traumas, which has rightfully come into its own alongside literature of the Vietnam War and now the war in Iraq. You may not think you can write like Tobias Wolff (This Boy's Life) or Mary Karr (The Liar's Club), but McDonnell offers her supportive cousel like a hand held out to guide us. In this, the only writing how-to book to cover exclusively crisis memoirs (Vivian Gornick, McDonnell's mentor, has written a terrifically useful book on the wider issue of autobiographical writing). McDonnell warns against the most common traps the crisis memoir writer can fall into: too much self-focus, self-indulgence, or overt emotionality, and offers the instruction every writer needs to give their own work universal appeal. Ethical topics are covered efficiently and closely, such as the use of recalled dialogue and compressed memories. Above all, McDonnell teaches writers to be searchingly honest, using photos or interviews if necessary to recall key elements that may not have come to the forefront of consciousness. McDonnell is the teacher you always wanted, at times funny, always caring, and her own writing is exemplary. She emphasizes that especially when writing about an emotional topic, the writing must have distance and clarity, while evoking the feel of an event. Gornick's introduction nearly takes over the stage, but McDonnell steers a clear course, offering a flashlight for the dark parts.

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Remembering Well.......2002-03-24

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