Negotiating Mortality and Retirement Age
People from lower socioeconomic groups tend to die sooner than their wealthier counterparts. Is there a way to ensure that they aren’t doubly disadvantaged when it comes to receiving retirement benefits?
A Rock and
DELTA BLUES
enthusiasts will be
familiar with the phrase
“going where the Southern
cross the Dog,” which refers
to a location where two railway
lines cross at right angles near
Moorhead, Miss.—a problematic
intersection requiring delicate
negotiation.
There is a modern, equally problematic equivalent in retirement policy circles
in which the pressure to increase retirement
age crosses socioeconomic-related differences
in mortality.
