[lbo-talk] Immigration and Retirement

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Wendy wrote:
<blockquote>
> Yes, the laws should be changed, in keeping with changed reality of
> global migration, where workers might grow up in one country, work
> some in another country, work some more in yet another country, and
> retire at home or in yet another country.  There ought to be
> multilateral agreements that allow workers either to transfer credits
> (for having paid into pension and health care systems) to the systems
> of their countries of residence or draw upon multiple countries'
> systems.

There are such agreements.  They're called "totalization agreements",
I think.  Obviously they have to be established on a
country-by-country basis and I'm not sure how many countries the US
has them with.
</blockquote>

Yes, but only a handful of countries -- mostly European countries
except Chile and South Korea -- have agreements with the US:
<http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/factsheets/USandMexico.htm> (I'm
assuming that the list here is up-to-date).

What if you were born in Lebanon, worked in France, the US, and
Argentina, and retired in Mexico (or something like that)?

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