State and local pensions : what now?

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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Main Author: Munnell, Alicia Haydock
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012
Series:JSTOR EBA.
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Local officials and employees > Pensions > Law and legislation > United States.
Local officials and employees > Pensions > United States.
State governments > Officials and employees > Pensions > Law and legislation > United States.
State governments > Officials and employees > Pensions > United States.
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505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a 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 unsustainable or will squeeze out other pressing government priorities. A few local governments have even filed for bankruptcy, with pensions cited as a major cause. The author draws on both her practical experience and her research to provide a broad perspective on the challenge of state and local pensions. She shows that the story is big and complicated and cannot be viewed through a narrow prism such as accounting methods or the role of unions. By examining the diversity of the public plan universe, the author debunks the notion that all plans are in trouble. In fact, she finds that while a few plans are in need of fixing, many are functioning reasonably well. The author's analysis concludes that the plans in serious trouble need a major overhaul. But even the relatively healthy plans face three challenges ahead: an excessive concentration of plan assets in equities; the risk that steep benefit cuts for new hires will harm workforce quality; and the constraints plans face in adjusting future benefits for current employees. Here, the author proposes solutions that preserve the main strengths of state and local pensions while promoting needed reforms. 
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