Shortchanged in Retirement: Continuing Challenges to Women’s Financial Future
A new analysis finds that women are far more likely than men to face financial hardship in retirement. Women are 80 percent more likely than men to be impoverished at age 65 and older.
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Retirement Security Risks: What Role Can Annuities Play in Easing Risks in Public Pension Plans?
A new research brief finds that most public defined benefit (DB) pension plans have effectively managed key retirement security risk – investment, adequacy, longevity and inflation risks.
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The Continuing Retirement Savings Crisis
A new research report calculates that the U.S. retirement savings crisis continues to worsen, and that the typical working household still has virtually no retirement savings.
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Retirement Security 2015: Roadmap for Policy Makers Americans’ Views of the Retirement Crisis
A new nationwide public opinion research report finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans – 86 percent – believe the nation faces a retirement crisis.
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Still a Better Bang for the Buck: An Update on the Economic Efficiencies of Defined Benefit Pensions
New research finds that pension plans are a far more cost-efficient means of providing retirement income as compared to individual defined contribution accounts.
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Teacher Retirement Plans: Case Studies in Washington and Ohio Indicate Value of Pensions
An issue brief finds that teachers prefer a stand-alone defined benefit pension when given a choice between a pension plan or a plan that combines a defined contribution account with a pension.
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