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.
Retirement in America: An Analysis of Retirement Preparedness Among Working-Age Americans
Retirement in America: An Analysis of Retirement Preparedness Among Working-Age Americans answers key questions relating to retirement savings, access to retirement plans, and how saving for retirement interacts with other financial commitments, such as repaying student loan debt and owning a home. It offers a broad examination of how different groups of workers are faring in their preparation for retirement and where workers are falling short.
