Federal Employees’ Retirement System and the Thrift Savings Plan: Creating a Combined Approach to Retirement Security
A new issue brief provides a historical overview of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System and the Thrift Savings Plan and how they create a combined approach to achieving retirement security.
Federal Employees’ Retirement System and the Thrift Savings Plan: Creating a Combined Approach to Retirement Security, NIRS’ issue brief, finds that:
The retirement policy discourse in 1986 was much different than those occuring today.
Knowledge of the experience of FERS and TSP can inform today’s discussion on reform.
Mandating all newly hired state and local employees participate in Social Security has sharply different budget consequences for state and local government than it did for the federal government.
Debunking the Job-Hopping Myth: A Data-Driven Look at Tenure and Turnover Among Younger Workers
Contrary to popular belief that Millennials and Generation Z employees are constantly switching jobs, new research from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that younger workers today show job retention patterns that closely mirror previous generations at the same stage of their careers.
Views of Retirement in America by Political Party Affiliation
Despite deep polarization across the U.S., a research brief from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds common ground when it comes to Americans’ support for Social Security and defined benefit pension plans. At the same time, Views of Retirement in America by Political Party Affiliation finds Americans across party lines are worried about retirement. […]
Retirement Insecurity 2024: Americans’ Views of Retirement
This national opinion research finds 83% of Americans believe all workers should have a pension, 79% say the nation faces a retirement crisis, and they want action now on Social Security.
Closing the Gap: The Role of Public Pensions in Reducing Retirement Inequality
Closing the Gap: The Role of Public Pensions in Reducing Retirement Inequality finds that defined benefit pensions play a critical role in delivering adequate retirement income for older Americans while providing a key buffer against economic hardship for women, Blacks, Latinos, and those without a four-year college degree. The report also finds that the wealth […]
