State and Local Pensions : What Now? /
In the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue. Elected officials, academic experts, and the media alike have pointed to funding shortfalls with alarm, expressing concern that pension promises are unsust...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
[2012]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- State and local pensions : from the 1970s to today
- The discount rate and other accounting and funding issues
- Why are some plans in trouble and others not?
- Are public plans budget busters?
- Are public employees overpaid or underpaid?
- Do defined contribution plans have a role in the public sector?
- Making state and local pensions better.