Publications

The following is a selection of my journal articles, book chapters, reviews, issue briefs (IB), and working papers (WP). I have grouped these publications into two broad categories. The first includes those dealing with aging and aging policy. The second are those based on cross-national social indicator research. For a full listing of my publications including books and articles on other topics, see my vitae. It is available on a separate webpage.

ARTICLES ON AGING POLICY, SOCIAL SECURITY, GENERATIONAL EQUITY PENSION POLICY PRIOR TO 2013

• The Pros and Cons of Pro-Work Policies for Workers and Programs for Older Workers (2012)
• Is Age Discrimination Every Acceptable? (2012)
• Politics of Social Security: could 2013 be the year to reform Social Security (2012)?
• Critical Assessment of Generational Accounting (2011)
• The Future of Retirement Security (2011)
• Pension Policy in China, Singapore, and South Korea (2011)
• Social Policy and the Internal Dynamics of the Senior Rights Movement (2011)
• Pension Policy in Three East Asian Countries (in Chinese) (2011)
• Reframing Generational Accounting, ISSA Conference 2010 Poster (2010)
• Social Policy and the Internal Dynamics of the Senior Rights Movement (2010)
• How to Improve the New Rural Pension Scheme Being Implemented in China (2010)
• The Future of Retirement Security (2010)
• China's New Rural Pension Scheme: Can It Be Improved? (2010)
• Social Security for China's Rural Aged: A Proposal Based on a Universal Non-Contributory Pension (2009)
• Why Japanese Workers Remain in the Labor Force So Long: Lessions for the United States? (2009)
• Which Pension Model Holds the Most Promise for China (2009)
• Aging Boomers, Generational Equity, and Framing the Debate over Social Security (2009)
• Retirement (2009)
• Public Pension Programs--Social Security (2009)
• Comparative Studies on Social Security in China and Latin America (in Chinese) (2009)
• Universal Non-Contributory Pension Schemes for Low-Income Countries: An Assessment (2008)
• Old-Age Pension Reform and Modernization Pathways: Lessons for China from Latin America (2008)
• Technology, Science, and Ageism: An Examination of Three Patterns of Discrimination (2007)
• Older Workers: Lessons from Japan (IB) (2007)
• Why do Japanese Workers Remain in the Labor Force So Long? (WP) (2007)
• Social Security Reform and Responsibility Across the Generations: Framing the Debate (2007)
• Does a Universal Non-Contributory Pension Scheme Make Sense for Rural China? (2006)
• Do Universal Non-Contributory Pensions Make Sense for Rural Areas in Low-Income Countries? (2006)
• The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Russia: Why Partial Privatization? (2006)
• The Generational Equity Debate (2006)
• Social Security Reform: Does Partial Privatization Make Sense for China? (in Chinese) (2006)
• An Update on Chile's Experience with Partial Privatization and Individual Accounts (WP) (2005)
• In Brief: An Update on Chile's Experience with Partial Privatization and Individual Accounts (IB) (2005)
• Social Security Reform: Does Partial Privatization Make Sense for China? (2005)
• Notional Defined Contribution Accounts: Neoliberal Ideology and the Political Economy of Pension Reform (2005)
• Generational Equity and Generational Interdependence: Framing of the Debate Over Health and Social Security Policy in the United States (2004)
• Race, Gender, and the Retirement Decisions of People Ages 60-80: Prospects for Age-Integration in Employment (2004)
• Assessing the Pension Reform Potential of a Notional Defined Contribution Pillar (2004).
• Do Notional Defined Contribution Accounts Make Sense as Part of the Old-Age Security Mix for China? (2004)
• What is the Central Goal for Social Security Reform? Adding Individual Accounts or Preserving the Social Insurance Mission? (2004)
• Assessing the Notional Defined Contribution Model (IB) (2004)
• The Notional Defined Contribution Model: An Assessment of the Strengths and Limitations of a New Approach to the Provision of Old Age Security (WP) (2003)
• The Role of Marital History, Early Retirement Benefits, and the Economic Status of Women (WP) (2003)
• The Notional Defined Contribution Approach to Public Pension Reform: Implications for Women and Low-Wage Workers (2003)
• Interrupted Trajectories and Labor Force Participation (2003)
• Generational Equity, Generational Interdependence, and the Framing of the Debate Over Social Security Reform (2003)
• The Applicability of the Notional Defined Contribution Model for China (2003).
• The Effect of Unplanned Changes in Marital and Disability Status: Interrupted Trajectories and Labor Force Participation (WP) (2002)
• Social Security and Medicare: Do We Need Incremental or Radical Reforms? (2002)
• What's Next for Social Security? Partial Privatization? (2002)
• Privatization of Social Security in the United Kingdom: Warning or Exemplar? (2002)
• Why Some Workers Remain in the Labor Force Beyond the Typical Age of Retirement (WP) (2001)
• Social Security Reform, Privatization, and Political Ideology (2001)
• Privatizing Public Pension Systems: Lessons from Latin America (2001)
• Social Security Reform: Implications for Women (2000)
• Social Security Privatization: Lessons from the United Kingdom (WP) (2000)
• Privatizing Public Pension Systems: Lessons for the United States from Latin America (WP) (1999)
• Social Security Reform: Implications for Women (WP) (1999)
• Social Security Reform: How Might Women Fare? (IB) (1998)
• Political Activism and the Aging of the Baby Boom (1998)
• Understanding the Debate Over the Privatization of Social Security (1998)
• Does the Privatization of Social Security Make Sense for Developing Nations? (1998)
• Should Women Support the Privatization of Social Security? (1997)
• A Critique of the Case for Privatizing Social Security (1997)
• Undermining Social Security's Basic Objectives (1996)
• An Analysis of the Impact of Public Pension Spending on Economic Growth in the Affluent Democracies 1960-1988 (1995)
• The Brazilian Public Pension System: Policy Changes, Political Effects (1995)
• Innovative Old-Age Security Models for Developing Nations: Chile and Brazil (1995)

ARTICLES BASED ON CROSS-NATIONAL SOCIAL INDICATORS

• Factors Affecting Union Decline in 18 OECD Countries and Their Implications for Labor Movement Reform (2008)
• Multinational Corporations, Democracy, and Child Mortality: A Quantitative, Cross-National Analysis of Developing Countries (2005)
• Corruption, Democracy, Economic Freedom, and State Strength: A Cross-National Analysis (2005)
• International Nongovernmental Organizations and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Developing World: A Quantitative Cross-National Analysis (2004)
• Dependency, Democracy, and Infant Mortality: A Quantitative, Cross-National Analysis of Less Developed Countries (WP) (2004)
• Environmental Degradation, Environmental Sustainability,and Overurbanization in the Developing World: A Quantitative, Cross-National Analysis (2003)
• Accounting for Cross-National Differences in Infant Mortality Decline (1965-1991) Among Less Developed Countries: Effects of Women's Status, Economic Dependency, and State Strength (2001)
• Age Patterns of Suicide and Homicide Mortality Rates in High-Income Nations (2001)
• Maternal Mortality, Women's Status, and Economic Dependency in Less Developed Countries: A Cross-National Analysis (1999)
• Child Mortality, Women's Status, Economic Dependency, and State Strength: A Cross-National Study of Less Developed Countries (1997)
• Female Life Expectancy, Gender Stratification, Health Status, and Level of Economic Development: A Cross-National Study of Less Developed Countries (1997)
• The Impact of Women's Status on Infant Mortality Rate: A Cross-National Analysis (1996)
• An Analysis of the Impact of Public Pension Spending on Economic Growth in the Affluent Democracies 1960-1988 (1995)
• Class Context and Pension Response to Demographic Structure in Advanced Industrial Democracies (1990)
• Economic Development and Income Distribution: A Cross-National Analysis (1988)
• Welfare Spending in Advanced Industrial Democracies , 1950-1980 (1988)
• Social Security and Physical Quality of Life in Developing Nations: A Cross-National Analysis (1987)
• Politics, Class, and Growth in Social Security Effort: A Cross-National Analysis (1986)
• Age Structure, Politics, and Cross-National Patterns of Public Pension Expenditures (1985)
• Convergence Theory and the Social Welfare Sector (1977)