Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

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K-12 Education

Teacher salary hikes face major headwinds – politics and pension underfunding

Gary Burtless

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

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Future Development

Social insurance in the time of robots

Maria Gonzalez-Miranda and Ivailo Izvorski

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

What do stock market fluctuations mean for the economy?

Gary Burtless

Friday, February 23, 2018

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

New tax law means fighting over unfunded state pension plans is about to get worse

Robert C. Pozen

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Reports

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Risky choices: Simulating public pension funding stress with realistic shocks

James Farrell and Daniel Shoag

Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Public employee pensions and collective bargaining rights

Brigham R. Frandsen and Michael Webb

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

The interaction between IRAs and 401(k) plans in savers’ portfolios

William G. Gale, Aaron Krupkin, and Shanthi Ramnath

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Retirement: Will boomers go bust…or only millennials and Gen Xers?

Joshua Gotbaum

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Retirement plans for contingent workers: Issues and options

William G. Gale, Sarah E. Holmes, and David C. John

Friday, September 23, 2016

Blog Posts

Up Front

The budget gimmick that undermines public and private finances

Leonard E. Burman and William G. Gale

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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Future Development

Future Development Reads: Brexit costs, learning metrics, more on UBI, and migration

Shanta Devarajan

Friday, October 6, 2017

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Up Front

Millennials don’t save for enough retirement — but Congress can help

Robert C. Pozen

Sunday, July 16, 2017

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Events

2017

Nov

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Fixing the U.S. retirement system – does Canada have the answers?

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

How employer-sponsored rainy day savings accounts can help workers prepare for emergencies

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Retirement security in the new economy: Access and guarantees

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Closing the Deficit

Edited by Gary Burtless and Henry Aaron

2013

State and Local Pensions

By Alicia H. Munnell

2012

The Decline in Saving

By Barry P. Bosworth

2012

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Multimedia

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

The rich-poor life expectancy gap

Gary Burtless and Fred Dews

Friday, February 19, 2016

Medicare & Medicaid

@ Brookings Podcast: Automatic Spending Cuts and Programs for the Poor

Friday, December 30, 2011

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Teacher salary hikes face major headwinds – politics and pension underfunding

Social insurance in the time of robots

What do stock market fluctuations mean for the economy?

New tax law means fighting over unfunded state pension plans is about to get worse

Reports

Risky choices: Simulating public pension funding stress with realistic shocks

Public employee pensions and collective bargaining rights

The interaction between IRAs and 401(k) plans in savers’ portfolios

Retirement: Will boomers go bust…or only millennials and Gen Xers?

Retirement plans for contingent workers: Issues and options

Blog Posts

The budget gimmick that undermines public and private finances

Future Development Reads: Brexit costs, learning metrics, more on UBI, and migration

Millennials don’t save for enough retirement — but Congress can help

Events

Fixing the U.S. retirement system – does Canada have the answers?

How employer-sponsored rainy day savings accounts can help workers prepare for emergencies

Retirement security in the new economy: Access and guarantees

Related Books

Closing the Deficit

State and Local Pensions

The Decline in Saving

Multimedia

The rich-poor life expectancy gap

@ Brookings Podcast: Automatic Spending Cuts and Programs for the Poor

More on Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Tax-cut proponents ignore that there’s no free lunch

Elderly see improvement—not a drop—in their living standards

Striking the right balance on risk for state and local pensions

Rethinking the universalism versus targeting debate

Failure to adjust: The case of auto-IRA

The road to national retirement security goes through the states