Entitlement Spending
Raising Retirement Age: How Much of a Solution to Rising Support Burdens in the Developed World?
Research Report
Sara E. Rix, Ph.D., AARP Public Policy Institute
June 2000
In this Data Digest from AARP's Public Policy Institute, Sara E. Rix examines the implications of population aging for retirement age policies in the United States and several other countries. Using data from the March 2000 United Nations report, Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations?, the digest highlights some of the difficulties countries would face in implementing even small increases in retirement age. (4 pages)
Pub ID: DD49