Oregon Employer-Provided Benefits and the Impacts of Rising Costs
Source: WorkSource Oregon, February 2013 The 2012 Oregon Benefits Survey asked private employers from all industries, class sizes, and regions of the state about the benefits offered to their...
View ArticleBest Practice: Guidelines for Funding Defined Benefit Pensions (2013) (CORBA)
Source: Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), 2013 Background. Governments that offer defined benefit pensions to their employees should fund the cost of those benefits in an equitable and...
View ArticlePublic Pension Plan Investment Return Assumptions
Source: National Association of State Retirement Administrators, NASRA Issue Brief, Updated January 2013 As of the third quarter of 2012, state and local government retirement systems held assets of...
View ArticlePensions and Retirement Security 2013: A Roadmap for Policy Makers
Source: Diane Oakley, Kelly Kenneally, National Institute on Retirement Security, February 2013 From the press release: New public opinion research finds that Americans remain highly anxious about...
View ArticleState and Local Pension Costs: Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, and Post-Reform
Source: Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Anek Belbase and Josh Hurwitz, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, State and Local Pension Plans, SLP#30, March 2013 The brief’s key findings...
View ArticleUnion Pension Fund Finances Runaway Shop
Source: Patrick Young, Labor Notes, February 28, 2013 Mattress manufacturer Sealy is shutting down its North Portland, Oregon, factory, eliminating 128 jobs. The North Carolina-based company announced...
View ArticleQuarterly Survey of Public Pensions: 4th Quarter 2012
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, March 28, 2013 This quarterly survey (formerly known as the Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems Survey) provides national summary...
View ArticleInside Employers’ Minds: Confronting Critical Workforce Challenges
Source: Mercer, Inside Employers’ Minds: Confronting Critical Workforce Challenges, Special Issue, January 2013 (registration required) In taking the pulse of employers around the world, Mercer found...
View ArticleEmerging from the Economic Storm: Retirement Plans in the United States,...
Source: Catherine Collinson, TransAmerica Center for Retirement Studies, March 25, 2013 A new White Paper evaluates how American workers and company-sponsored retirement plans have fared during these...
View Article2013 Pension Funding Study
Source: John Ehrhardt, Zorast Wadia, Alan Perry, Milliman, March 2013 From the press release: Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its 2013...
View ArticleReforming the Taxation of Retirement Income
Source: Richard L. Kaplan, Virginia Tax Review, Vol. 32 no. 2, 2012 From the abstract: Legal and financial analyses abound about various means of saving for retirement and the tax advantages that they...
View ArticleImproving Retirement Savings Options for Employees
Source: James Kwak, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, Vol. 15 no. 2, 2013 Americans do not save enough for retirement. One reason is that our retirement savings accounts—whether...
View ArticlePublic Pension Funds and Assumed Rates of Return: An Empirical Examination of...
Source: Odd J. Stalebrink, American Review of Public Administration, published online: October 15, 2012 (subscription required) From the abstract: This research adds to an existing body of research...
View ArticleHas Pension Reform Gone Too Far?
Source: Liz Farmer, Governing, View blog, April 19, 2013 Nearly every state in the union and scores of localities have reacted in recent years to their growing unfunded public pension liabilities with...
View ArticleTW Pension 100: Year-End 2012 Disclosures of Funding, Discount Rates, Asset...
Source: Brendan McFarland, Towers Watson, Insider, April 2013 From the summary: - During 2012, aggregate funded status for defined benefit plans in the TW Pension 100 fell from 79% to 77%. - Plan...
View ArticlePromises to Keep: Ensuring the Payment of Americans’ Pension Benefits in the...
Source: Ken Dau-Schmidt, Washburn Law Journal, (Forthcoming), April 19, 2013 From the abstract: In this essay, I examine the problem of designing a pension plan within the context of our larger public...
View ArticleShrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public...
Source: Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto, National Bureau Of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. w18976, April 2013 From the abstract: Why are public-sector workers so heavily...
View ArticleThe distributional effects of the Social Security windfall elimination provision
Source: Jeffrey R. Brown, Scott J. Weisbenner, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, FirstView Article, Published online: 24 April 2013 (subscription required) From the abstract: Over five million...
View ArticlePublic Pensions Update
Source: Natalie Cohen, Wells Fargo, Municipal Securities Research, Municipal Commentary, May 17, 2013 It is time for an update on public pensions. In the past three months, there has been a flurry of...
View ArticleWhen Local Governments’ Pensions Are Beyond Their Control
Source: Susan K. Urahn, Governing, June 12, 2013 Many cities and counties are tied to state pension systems. That can be a liability, but it also can be an asset….One aspect of this important issue is...
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