| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 342 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The future of public employee retirement systems / Olivia S. Mitchell -- Estimating state and lcoal government pension and retiree health care liabilities / Stephen T. McElhaney -- The case for marketing public plan liabilities to market / Jeremy Gold and Gordon Latter -- Between Scylla and Charybdis: improving the cost effectiveness of public pension retirement plans / M. Barton Waring -- Public pensions and state and local budgets: can contribution rate cyclicality be better managed? / Parry Young -- Benefit cost comparisons between state and local governments and private industry employers / Ken McDonnell -- Administrative costs of state defined benefit and defined contribution systems / Edwin C. Hustead -- Thinking about funding federal retirement plans / Toni Hustead -- Reforming the German civil servant pension plan / Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Ralph Rogalla -- The outlook for Canada's public sector employee pensions / Silvana Pozzebon -- Unifying pension schemes in Japan: toward a single scheme for both civil servants and private employees / Junichi Sakamoto -- Redefining traditional plans: variations and development in public employee retirement plan design / Keith Brainard -- Defined contribution pension plans in the public sector: a benchmark analysis / Roderick B. Crane, Michael Heller, and Paul J. Yakoboski -- The evolution of public sector pension plans in the United States / Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Neveen Ahmed -- Pension fund activism: the double-edged sword / Brad M. Barber -- The new intersection on the road to retirement: public pensions, economics, perceptions, politics, and interest groups / Beth Almeida, Eklly Kenneally, and David Madland |
| Summary |
Public pensions are often the subject of 'pension envy', as their benefits might seem more generous and contributions lower than those in the private sector. This text shows that such judgments are often inaccurate, and reflects a vigorous debate amongst academics as they seek to define a new future for public retirement systems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civil service -- Pensions.
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Civil service -- Retirement.
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State governments -- Officials and employees -- Pensions -- United States
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Local officials and employees -- Pensions -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Personal Finance -- Retirement Planning.
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Civil service -- Pensions
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Civil service -- Retirement
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Local officials and employees -- Pensions
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Pensions
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State governments -- Officials and employees -- Pensions
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Officials and employees -- Pensions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026412
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mitchell, Olivia S
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Anderson, Gary J
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| ISBN |
9780191571053 |
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0191571059 |
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