Social Security In The U S S R

Monograph on social security in the USSR - covers institutional framework, administrative aspects, pension schemes, disability benefits, old age benefits, maternity benefits, family benefits, health services (incl. Child care), and describes international cooperation and ISSA membership. ILO mentioned. References and statistical tables.

Monograph presenting an economic evaluation of the social security system of the USSR - discusses correlations between old age benefits and wages, the labour force participation of older workers and the encouragement of pensioners to work, etc., and includes a brief comparison of financing of social security in OECD countries. References.

This book is the first critical assessment of the likelihood and implications of such a contract. Linda Cook pursues the idea from Brezhnev's day to our own, and considers the constraining effect it may have had on Gorbachev's attempts to liberalize the Soviet economy.