Private Pensions and Public Policies
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Private Pensions and Public Policies

  1. 376 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Private Pensions and Public Policies

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The private pension system, together with Social Security, has provided millions of Americans with income security in retirement. But over the past thirty years, pension coverage has stagnated, leaving behind some vulnerable groups. Defined contribution plans have exposed workers to greater investment risk, while cash balance and other hybrid plans may have adverse effects on older workers caught in the transition. Pension regulations, infamous for their complexity, can be bewildering to policy analysts and policymakers. Private Pensions and Public Policies sheds timely and much-needed light on specific issues within the broader context and framework of pension reform. Contributors focus on topics that must be addressed in any reform effort, including the effects of the shift in emphasis toward defined contribution plans (after the 1974 Employee Retirement Income and Security Act) and hybrid plans (from the 1990s); regulatory issues such as nondiscrimination rules and contribution limits; how to increase the information available to participants and improve financial education; how participants in defined contribution plans make choices on questions such as asset allocation, back-loaded versus front-loaded saving, and annuities versus lump sum distributions; and the interaction of the private pension system with Social Security. Contributors include Robert L. Clark (North Carolina State University), Sylvester J. Schieber (Watson Wyatt Worldwide), Richard A. Ippolito (George Mason University School of Law), Alan L. Gustman (Dartmouth College), Thomas L. Steinmeier (Texas Tech University), John Karl Scholz (University of Wisconsin), Dean M. Maki, (JPMorgan Chase), William Even (Miami University of Ohio), Jagadeesh Gokhale (American Enterprise Institute), Laurence J. Kotlikoff (Boston University), Mark J. Warshawsky (TIAA-CREF Institute), Annika Sunden (Boston College), Andrew A. Samwick (Dartmouth College), David A. Wise (Harvard University), Joel Dickson (T

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Chapter 1. Introduction
  6. Chapter 2. The Transition to Hybrid Pension Plans in the United States: An Empirical Analysis
  7. Chapter 3. What People Don't Know about Their Pensions and Social Security
  8. Chapter 4. Financial Education and Private Pensions
  9. Chapter 5. Life-Cycle Saving, Limits on Contribution to DC Pension Plans, and Lifetime Tax Benefits
  10. Chapter 6. The Effects of Social Security Reform on Private Pensions
  11. Chapter 7. Pension Choices with Uncertain Tax Policy
  12. Chapter 8. The Design and Cost of Pension Guarantees
  13. Chapter 9. Effects of Nondiscrimination Rules on Pension Participation
  14. Chapter 10. Asset Location for Retirement Savers
  15. Chapter 11. Longevity-Insured Retirement Distribution from Pension Plans: Market and Regulatory Issues
  16. Glossary
  17. Contributors
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Index