The shifting pension landscape raises questions about the financial security of future retirees. About one-half of private-sector workers are not covered by employer-sponsored pension plans on their current job. Many private-sector employers have replaced traditional pensions with 401(k)-type plans, which protect benefits for workers who change jobs frequently but expose participants to investment risks. This primer describes pensions, workers with coverage, and related policy issues
As older workers approach the end of their working career, they face a series of important decisions...
This chapter documents the investment choices of workers outside their company pensions, focusing on...
This chapter analyzes the impact of future freezes among corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plan...
Federal law both cultivates and regulates employer-sponsored pension plans in the United States. Som...
Since about 1980, the proportion of workers who participate in employer-sponsored retirement plans h...
Designed to provide security and equity to defined benefit (DB) pension plans, the Employee Retireme...
About half of all workers in the United States participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan ...
This chapter surveys the issues facing policymakers and workers’ organizations thinking about rebuil...
The past decade has seen a shift from traditional employer-sponsored defined benefit pensions toward...
According to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), the number of private-sector work...
We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. ...
during retirement. How much income workers will have in retirement depends on a range of decisions—f...
At retirement, workers want to have enough income to support themselves throughout their retirement ...
Pensions and population aging intersect in two ways. First, demographic change threatens the sustain...
Traditional defined benefit (DB) pension plans have long been an important source of income for elde...
As older workers approach the end of their working career, they face a series of important decisions...
This chapter documents the investment choices of workers outside their company pensions, focusing on...
This chapter analyzes the impact of future freezes among corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plan...
Federal law both cultivates and regulates employer-sponsored pension plans in the United States. Som...
Since about 1980, the proportion of workers who participate in employer-sponsored retirement plans h...
Designed to provide security and equity to defined benefit (DB) pension plans, the Employee Retireme...
About half of all workers in the United States participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan ...
This chapter surveys the issues facing policymakers and workers’ organizations thinking about rebuil...
The past decade has seen a shift from traditional employer-sponsored defined benefit pensions toward...
According to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), the number of private-sector work...
We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. ...
during retirement. How much income workers will have in retirement depends on a range of decisions—f...
At retirement, workers want to have enough income to support themselves throughout their retirement ...
Pensions and population aging intersect in two ways. First, demographic change threatens the sustain...
Traditional defined benefit (DB) pension plans have long been an important source of income for elde...
As older workers approach the end of their working career, they face a series of important decisions...
This chapter documents the investment choices of workers outside their company pensions, focusing on...
This chapter analyzes the impact of future freezes among corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plan...