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Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1984
A study examined principal cost and benefit issues to be resolved in designing a new retirement system for Federal workers covered by Social Security. The new Federal system would be built on the base of Social Security and would take into account the Social Security program's taxes and benefits. The current Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Practices, Feasibility Studies
Peer reviewedHasenfeld, Yeheskel; Rafferty, Jane A. – Social Forces, 1989
Proposes a causal model whereby attitude toward welfare state programs is a function of self-interest or life experiences and of the resulting identification with either the work ethic or the social equality ideology. Uses data from the 1983 Detroit Area Study to confirm the model. Contains 66 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Models, Path Analysis, Predictor Variables, Program Attitudes
Peer reviewedVennix, Jac A. M.; Geurts, Jac L. A. – Simulation and Games, 1987
Describes design principles followed in developing an interactive microcomputer-based simulation to study financial and economic aspects of the Dutch social security system. The main goals are to improve participants' insights into the formal simulation model, and to improve policy development skills. Plans for future research are also discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Developed Nations, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
