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This dissertation explores the Ex-Slave Pension Movement, a social crusade that pressed the federal government for redress for uncompensated labor from the 1890s into the early 20th century. Freedpeople, along with their families and friends, joined the movement to petition Cong…

Despite many studies of the pension systems in developed countries, little work has been done on how to apply a sustainable pension system in developing countries. The set-ups of pension systems in developed versus developing countries are expected to be different because in dev…

As the size of the elderly population increases, the world's publicly managed pay-as-you-go systems, where the current retirees support the current pensioners, are experiencing a growing burden of financial problems. In response to these trends, many countries, including Turkey,…