COLA Cuts in State/Local Pensions
Source: Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, SLP#38, May 2014 The brief’s key findings are: – Since the financial crisis, 17 states...
View ArticleWorker Participation in Employer-Sponsored Pensions: A Fact Sheet
Source: John J. Topoleski, Congressional Research Service (CRS), CRS Report for Congress, R43439, March 26, 2014 This fact sheet provides data on the percentage of American workers who have access to...
View ArticleState and Local Government Finance: The New Fiscal Ice Age
Source: D. Roderick Kiewiet and Mathew D. McCubbins, Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 17, May 2014 (subscription required) From the abstract: The Great Recession that began in late 2007 had...
View ArticleState and Local Government Workforce: 2014 Trends
Source: Center for State and Local Government Excellence, May 2014 From the summary: Local and state governments continue their hiring trend although their workforces are still smaller since the 2008...
View ArticleStates Search for Retirement Security Beyond Obama’s myRA
Source: Penelope Lemov, Governing, May 29, 2014 The president’s public retirement savings account only goes so far, so about a dozen states are looking for alternative ways to help their many...
View ArticleThe Case for Public Pension Reform: Early Evidence from Kentucky
Source: Maria O’Brien Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-22, May 12, 2014 From the abstract: Kentucky has managed to effect major changes to some of its pension...
View ArticleCentral Falls Retirees v. Bondholders: Assessing Fear of Contagion in Chapter...
Source: Maria O’Brien Hylton, Boston University School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-21, May 9, 2014 From the abstract: Modern Chapter 9 litigation has been characterized by extraordinary...
View ArticleState Fiscal Constitutions and the Law and Politics of Public Pensions
Source: Amy Monahan, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities – School of Law, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-24,May 13, 2014 from the abstract: Pension plans for state and local employees...
View ArticleThe Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2013-2017
Source: Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR), State and Local Pension Plans, Number 39, June 2014 The brief’s key findings...
View ArticleLitigating for the Future of Public Pensions in the United States
Source: Paul M. Secunda, Marquette Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 14-19, June 6, 2014 From the abstract: It is nearly impossible in the United States today to go long without reading a headline...
View ArticleCredit rating industry dodges reforms, despite role in financial meltdown /...
Source: Alison Fitzgerald, Center for Public Integrity, June 18, 2014 Key findings: – Despite contributing to the 2008 financial crisis by rating bonds made up of toxic mortgages as ‘AAA,’ the big...
View ArticleAre Pensions Finally Fed Up with Social Divesting?
Source: Liz Farmer, Governing, June 26, 2014 In the past, pension funds have pulled their investments as a way of spurring change. But they’re changing their strategy when it comes to oil, coal and gas...
View ArticleHow Public Pension Plans Can Develop and Maintain Actuarially Responsible...
Source: Paul Angelo and Brad Ramirez, HR News, Vol. 80 no. 12, December 2014 (subscription required) (scroll down) As HR managers for governmental entities know, the funding of U.S. public sector...
View ArticleDefined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and...
Source: Ebony de Thierry, Helen Lam, Mark Harcourt, Matt Flynn, Geoff Wood, Employee Relations, Vol. 36 no. 6, 2014 (subscription required) From the abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to...
View ArticleBuild your own pension plan: An interactive tool for public pension policy
Source: Ben Southgate, Urban institute, Metro Trends blog, January 28, 2015 Over the past half decade, many states and municipalities have been tinkering with the retirement benefits they offer...
View ArticleThe Reality of the Retirement Crisis
Source: Keith Miller, David Madland, Christian E. Weller, Center for American Progress, January 26, 2015 From the summary: When reviewing the data on how American workers are saving for retirement, two...
View ArticleImportance of Supplemental Retirement Savings Plans for City and County...
Source: Robert L. Clark, Melinda Sandler Morrill, Matthew Anderson, and Aditi Pathak, Center for State and Local Government Excellence, January 2015 From the summary: This brief is the final in a...
View ArticleSpecial Issue on Retirement Benefits for State and Local Employees: Designing...
Source: Edited by Josh Rauh and Mark Duggan, Journal of Public Economics, August 2014 (subscription required) Articles include: Introduction to the Special Issue on Retirement Benefits for State and...
View ArticlePublic Pension Plan Update
Source: Julia Zuckerman, Joanne Jacobson, Xerox Corporation and Buck Consultants, FYI – For Your Information, Volume 38 Issue 21, February 3, 2015 Public pension liability remains a hot, fast-moving,...
View ArticleCase Studies of State Pension Plans that Switched to Defined Contribution Plans
Source: National Institute on Retirement Security, Public Pension Resource Guide, February 2015 From the press release: A series of new case studies finds that states that shifted retirement plans from...
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