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Retirement Income: Implications of Demographic Trends for Social Security and Pension Reform

HEHS-97-81 Published: Jul 11, 1997. Publicly Released: Jul 11, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided an overview of the trends and key issues relating to retirement income, focusing on: (1) demographic and economic trends affecting retirement income; (2) the status of Social Security's long-term financing problems and proposals to address them; and (3) the extent of pension coverageand retirement saving and how to ensure that Americans can count on them throughout their retirement years.

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Retirement Security
Aid for the elderlyBudget deficitElderly personsFuture budget projectionsRetirement incomePopulation statisticsRetirement benefitsSocial security benefitsDemographic trendsGovernment reform