Resources

  • Will the Rebound in Equities and Housing Save Retirement?

    Although stock markets and housing prices have risen since the bottom of the Great Recession, American households did not increase their retirement security significantly from 2010 to 2013.
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  • How Sensitive Is Public Pension Funding to Investment Returns?

    Even if pension plans hit their investment and contribution goals, they won't be fully funded by 2042.
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  • The Impact of Public Pensions on State and Local Budgets

    State and local pension contributions equal 3.8 percent of total budgets, but those rates will need to rise for states to get on a path toward full funding.
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  • State and Local Pension Costs: Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, and Post-Reform

    This study examines the long-term effects of pension reforms on employer costs and on state budgets for a sample of 32 plans in 15 states and finds that, for most plans, the reforms fully offset or more than offset the impact of the financial crisis on the sponsors’ costs.
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  • Redefining Teacher Pensions: Strategically Defined Benefits for New Teachers and Fiscal Sustainability for All

    As a facet of compensation, teacher pension policy should be subject to the outcome- and equity-oriented workforce goals of broader teacher reform programs. Teacher pension policy should help attract to teaching especially promising college graduates and career-changers.
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