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  • Press Release • September 8, 2020

    Rising Risk & Escalating Costs Threaten Americans’ Financial Security in Retirement

    Rising Risk Coupled with Escalating Housing, Healthcare and Long-Term Care Costs Increasingly Threaten  Americans’ Financial Security in Retirement New Report from the National Institute on Retirement Security Offers Four Policy Solutions to Strengthen Retirement Outcomes Webinar on September 16th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., September 9, 2020 – The burden of preparing for retirement is […]

  • Press Release • May 7, 2020

    Gender Pay Gap Persists Into Retirement

    NEW REPORT: GENDER PAY GAP PERSISTS INTO RETIREMENT Older Women Receive About 80% of Retirement Income That Older Men Receive, Mirroring the Gender Pay Gap   Caregiving Has Highly Detrimental Impact on Women’s Retirement Preparedness While Divorce Presents Complex Issues for Retirement Savings Webinar on May 12th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2020 […]

  • Press Release • March 3, 2020

    Public Pension Benefit Spending Provides Substantial Economic Impact on Rural Communities And Small Towns

    Public Pension Benefit Spending Provides Substantial Economic Impact on Rural Communities And Small Towns Across U.S.   New Report Released Today at NIRS Annual Retirement Policy Conference Details Impact Across 19 States Live Webcast of Conference Today Starting at 9:15 AM ET Webinar on March 12th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2020  – […]

  • Press Release • February 27, 2020

    NIRS Hosts 11th Annual Retirement Policy Conference

    NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY HOSTS 11thth ANNUAL RETIREMENT POLICY CONFERENCE ON MARCH 3rd   Event Features Keynote by Alissa Quart, Author of Best-Selling Book, Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America New Research To Be Released on Economic Impact of Pensions on Rural and Small Towns Across America Live Webcast Via Facebook February 27, […]

  • Press Release • January 13, 2020

    New Report: 40% of Older Americans Rely Solely on Social Security for Retirement Income

    Only 7% of Retirees Have Ideal Situation of Income from Three Sources: Social Security, a Pension and Savings  Social Security Kept More Than 7.5 Million Households Out of Poverty, Reduced Public Assistance Costs by $10 billion in 2013  Pensions Kept Nearly One Million Retirees Out of Poverty, Reduced Public Assistance Costs by $4 Billion in […]

  • Press Release • December 19, 2019

    National Institute on Retirement Security Applauds Passage of Retirement Legislation

    Measure is Step Forward in Addressing U.S. Retirement Savings Crisis Despite Political Acrimony, Americans United in Concern About Retirement WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2019 – At a time when working Americans are struggling to save for retirement, the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) commends the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for bi-partisan passage […]

  • Press Release • November 11, 2019

    Amid Worker Shortages, New Research Examines State & Local Employee Views on Their Jobs, Pay and Benefits

    Amid Worker Shortages, New Research Examines State & Local Employee Views on Their Jobs, Pay and Benefits  Public Employees Committed to Public Service Despite High Stress and Lower Salaries; Say Benefits are a Key Recruitment and Retention Tool and Cuts Could Drive Them Out of Public Workforce 85 Percent of State & Local Millennial Employees […]

  • Press Release • September 25, 2019

    New Research Finds Growing Financial Asset Inequality

    New Research Finds Growing Financial Asset Inequality  Persistent Concentration of Financial Assets Among the Wealthiest Coupled with Low Savings Poses Retirement Threat to Working Americans  Among Baby Boomers, Top 25 Percent Own 91 Percent of Financial Assets; Similar Inequality Among GenX and Millennial Generations  Webinar on Tuesday, October 1st at 2 PM ET to Review […]