Forensics and the Future of a Connecticut Pension Plan
Source: Jean-Pierre Aubry and Alicia H. Munnell, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, SLP#46, December 2015 The brief’s key findings are: – Connecticut’s State Employees Retirement System...
View ArticleHow Not to Die Hungry: Turn Your 401(k) Into a Pension
Source: Ben Steverman, Bloomberg, August 2, 2016 The golden age of retirement is coming to an end. Now it gets complicated. …. Company after company has repudiated traditional pensions, pushing younger...
View ArticlePension Participation, Wealth, and Income: 1992-2010
Source: Alicia H. Munnell, Wenliang Hou, Anthony Webb and Yinji Li, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, WP#2016-3, July 2016 From the abstract: Using data from the 1992, 1998, 2004, and...
View ArticlePublic Pensions Facing Worst Returns Since Recession
Source: Liz Farmer, Governing, August 3, 2016 A volatile stock market over the past year has taken a toll on public pension assets.
View ArticleHow Can We Realize the Value That Annuities Offer in a 401(k) World?
Source: Steven A. Sass, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, IB#16-12, July 2016 The brief’s key findings are: • A growing number of people are entering retirement with more 401(k) savings...
View ArticleState and Local Government Contributions to Statewide Pension Plans: FY14
Source: National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA), Issue Brief, July 2016 Pension benefits for employees of state and local government are paid from trusts to which public...
View ArticleRisks In Public Pension Funds Still Large
Source: Donald Boyd and Yimeng Yin, presentation to the National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit, in Chicago, Session: The State of State Pension Funding and Underfunding, August...
View ArticleThe State Pension Funding Gap: 2014 – New accounting rules help provide a...
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts, Issue Brief, August 2016 From the overview: The nation’s state-run retirement systems had a $934 billion gap in fiscal year 2014 between the pension benefits that...
View ArticlePension Enhancements and the Retention of Public Employees
Source: Cory Koedel and P. Brett Xiang, ILR Review, OnlineFirst, Published online before print May 16, 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: The authors use data from workers in the largest...
View ArticlePublic Pensions Work – And These Three System Prove It
Source: Tyler Bond, National Public Pension Coalition, September 7, 2016 ….NPPC released a new report this week. Public Pensions Work – And These Three System Prove It examines three of the more...
View ArticleThe 401(k) Is Wreaking Havoc on Retirement
Source: Ben Steverman Bloomberg News, August 24, 2016 ….In 1980, 38 percent of private sector workers had a pension and 19 percent a 401(k). By last year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the...
View ArticlePensionomics 2016: Measuring the Economic Impact of DB Pension Expenditures
Source: Jennifer Brown, September 2016 From the summary: new research report finds that retiree spending of pension benefits in 2014 generated $1.2 trillion in total economic output, supporting some...
View ArticlePension Crisis: Could Buyouts Be a Solution?
Source: Liz Farmer, Governing, September 15, 2016 State and local governments are trying unconventional ways to fund their pension liabilities, such as offering lump-sum cash payments to employees.
View ArticleDoubts About Pension Debt
Source: Peter Harkness, Governing, September 2016 We can’t be sure how much states and localities owe. ….
View ArticleQuarterly Survey of Public Pensions: Second Quarter 2016
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Tip Sheet, Release Number: CB16-TPS.138, September 30, 2016 This report provides national summary data on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the largest...
View Article2016 Public Pension Funding Study
Source: Rebecca A. Sielman, Milliman, White Paper, September 2016 From the introduction: The Milliman Public Pension Funding Study annually explores the funded status of the 100 largest U.S. public...
View ArticleTeaching, Teachers Pensions and Retirement Across Recent Cohorts of College...
Source: Maria Donovan Fitzpatrick, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), NBER Working Paper No. w22698, September 2016 (subscription required) From the abstract: Labor force participation rates...
View ArticleWill Pensions and OPEBs Break State and Local Budgets?
Source: Alicia H. Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, SLP#51, October 2016 The brief’s key findings are: The analysis looks at the costs of pensions, OPEBs,...
View ArticleDoes Public Pension Funding Affect Where People Move?
Source: Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, SLP#52, October 2016 The brief’s key findings are: – Individuals who move generally go to places...
View ArticleRecoupment of Pension Overpayments: Equitable Liens and Meaningful Reform...
Source: Maria O’Brien Hylton, Jeanne Medeiros, Boston University School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-33, August 29, 2016 From the abstract: This short paper reviews the current state of the...
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