Description: Estimation of hazard rates at extremely old ages poses serious challenges to researchers: 1 The observed mortality deceleration may be at least partially an artifact of mixing different birth cohorts with different mortality heterogeneity effect 2 Standard assumptions of hazard rate estimates may be invalid when risk of death is extremely high at old ages 3 Ages of very old people may be exaggerated. In this paper we propose an alternative approach, which gives an opportunity to resolve the first two problems by compiling data for more homogeneous single-year birth cohorts with hazard rates measured at narrow monthly age intervals. Possible ways of resolving the third problem of hazard rate estimation were elaborated.

Description: Column from the SI&PF section’s chairperson discussing opportunities for the section and its members.

Description: This is a letter to the readers of the newsletter describing the content of the publication.

Description: Read the August 2017 issue of In The Public Interest published by the Social Insurance & Public Finance Section.

Description: Story of how Canada reformed its social security pension plan in the 1990's

Description: The article explores ways that legislative policy options that focus on both trust fund solvency and benefit adequacy may be implemented to bring about Social Security solvency and sustainability.

Description: I propose a Social Security deferral product and two annuity enhancements. Then I address the challenges in getting such products distributed.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. These are reference charts for The 'Access to Health Coverage' session which illustrate the US, insured and uninsured health care economy.

Description: The article explores the lack of focus of Social Security reform proposals on the the next twenty years and the imminent drawing down of the Social Security Trust Fund sometime near the end of that period.

Description: Feature article discussing the Canadian retirement system.