State and Local Pension Plans Briefs

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slp84: Legacy Debt in Public Pensions: A New Approach

Jean-Pierre Aubry

slp83: Forensic Analysis of Pension Funding: A Tool for Policymakers

Jean-Pierre Aubry

slp82: How Many Public Workers without Social Security Could Fall Short?

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Alicia H. Munnell, Laura D. Quinby and Glenn Springstead

slp81: Has COVID Affected Pensions for Workers without Social Security?

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

slp80: What Do We Know About Public Teacher Compensation?

Siyan Liu and Jean-Pierre Aubry

slp79: Do All State and Local Workers Receive an Annuity in Retirement?

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

slp78: 2021 Update: Public Plan Funding Improves as Workforce Declines

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

slp77: How Have Older Workers Fared During the COVID-19 Recession?

Laura Quinby, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Alicia Munnell

slp76: Do Smaller Public Employer Pensions Spur More Saving?

Laura Quinby and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

slp75: Internal vs. External Management for State and Local Pension Plans

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

slp74: ESG Investing and Public Pensions: An Update

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Anqi Chen, Patrick Hubbard and Alicia Munnell

slp73: 2020 Public Plan Investment Update and COVID-19 Market Volatility

Jean-Pierre Aubry

slp72: Could State and Local DI Programs Shed Light on Trends in SSDI?

Anek Belbase, Laura D. Quinby and James Giles

slp71: How Do DI Benefits for Uncovered Public Workers Compare to SSDI?

Anek Belbase and Laura Quinby

slp70: Have Localities Shifted Away from Traditional Defined Benefit Plans?

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

slp69: An Introduction to Police and Fire Pensions

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

ibslp68: Investment Update: How Do Public Plans Value Their Assets?

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

ibslp67: Does Public Pension Board Composition Impact Returns?

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

ibslp66: How Has the Decline in Assumed Returns Affected Plan Costs?

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Alicia Munnell and Kevin Wandrei

ibslp65: Do Benefit Cuts Encourage Public Employees to Leave?

Laura D. Quinby and Gal Wettstein

ibslp64: Maintaining Target Allocations: Effects on Plan Performance

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Kevin Wandrei

ibslp63: Impact of Public Sector Assumed Returns on Investment Choices

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

ibslp62: Stability in Overall Pension Plan Funding Masks a Growing Divide

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Caroline V. Crawford and Kevin Wandrei

ibslp59: How Have Pension Cuts Affected Public Sector Competitiveness?

Laura D. Quinby, Geoffrey Sanzenbacher and Jean-Pierre Aubry

ibslp58: The Funded Status of Local Pensions Inches Closer to States

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Caroline V. Crawford and Alicia Munnell

ibslp57: How Have Municipal Bond Markets Reacted to Pension Reform?

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Caroline V. Crawford and Alicia Munnell

ibslp56: State and Local Pension Plan Funding Sputters in FY 2016

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Caroline V. Crawford and Alicia Munnell

ibslp55: A First Look at Alternative Investments and Public Pensions

Jean-Pierre Aubry, Anqi Chen and Alicia Munnell

ibslp54: State and Local Pension Reform Since the Financial Crisis

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

ibslp53: New Developments in Social Investing by Public Pensions

Alicia Munnell and Anqi Chen

ibslp52: Does Public Pension Funding Affect Where People Move?

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

ibslp51: Will Pensions and OPEBs Break State and Local Budgets?

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

ibslp50: The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2015-2020

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

ibslp49: Are Counties Major Players in Public Pension Plans?

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

ibslp48: How Big a Burden Are State and Local OPEB Benefits?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Caroline V. Crawford

ibslp47: GASB 68: How Will State Unfunded Pension Liabilities Affect Big Cities?

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

ibslp46: Forensics and the Future of a Connecticut Pension Plan

Jean-Pierre Aubry and Alicia Munnell

ibslp45: The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2014-2018

Alicia Munnell and Jean-Pierre Aubry

ibslp44: Does Mortality Differ Between Public and Private Sector Workers?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Geoffrey Sanzenbacher

ibslp43: How Will Longer Lifespans Affect State and Local Pension Funding?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp42: How Did State/Local Plans Become Underfunded?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp40: An Update on Pension Obligation Bonds

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp39: The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2013-2017

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp38: COLA Cuts in State/Local Pensions

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp37: DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: AN UPDATE

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp36: Are City Fiscal Woes Widespread? Are Pensions the Cause?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp35: Gauging the Burden of Public Pensions on Cities

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Mark Cafarelli

ibslp34: How Sensitive is Public Pension Funding to Investment Returns?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Josh Hurwitz

ibslp33: New Brunswick’s New Shared Risk Pension Plan

Alicia Munnell and Steven A. Sass

ibslp32: The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2012-2016

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Madeline Medenica

ibslp31: Public Sector Workers and Job Security

Alicia Munnell and Rebecca Cannon Fraenkel

ibslp30: State and Local Pension Costs: Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, and Post-Reform

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Anek Belbase and Joshua Hurwitz

ibslp29: Locally-Administered Pension Plans

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Joshua Hurwitz

ibslp28: Compensation Matters: The Case of Teachers

Alicia Munnell and Rebecca Cannon Fraenkel

ibslp27: How Retirement Provisions Affect Tenure of State and Local Workers

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

ibslp25: Legal Constraints on Changes in State and Local Pensions

Alicia Munnell and Laura Quinby

ibslp24: The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2011-2015

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz, Madeline Medenica and Laura Quinby

ibslp23: How Would GASB Proposals Affect State and Local Pension Reporting?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

ibslp22: How Prepared Are State and Local Workers for Retirement

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

slp20: Comparing Compensation: State-Local versus Private Sector Workers

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

ibslp19: Unions and Public Pension Benefits

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

ibslp18: An Update on Locally-Administered Pension Plans

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

ibslp16: A Role for Defined Contribution Plans in the Public Sector

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

ibslp15: Can State and Local Pensions Muddle Through?

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Josh Hurwitz and Laura Quinby

ibslp14: The Impact of Pensions on State Borrowing Costs

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Laura Quinby

ibslp13: The Impact of Public Pensions on State and Local Budgets

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Laura Quinby

ibslp10: The Funding of State and Local Pensions: 2009-2013

Alicia Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry and Laura Quinby