Reports July 2016

Preserving Retirement Income Security for Public Sector Employees

This report finds that nearly all state retirement systems have features that allow for preservation of retirement income benefits, even for those employees who decide to change jobs.

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Reports March 2016

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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Issue Briefs August 2015

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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Reports March 2015

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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Reports March 2015

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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Reports December 2014

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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