State and local pensions : what now? / Alicia H. Munnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munnell, Alicia Haydock.

Contributor:

Brookings Institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State governments--Officials and employees--Pensions--United States.

State governments.

Local officials and employees--Pensions--United States.

Local officials and employees.

State governments--Officials and employees--Pensions--Law and legislation--United States.

Local officials and employees--Pensions--Law and legislation--United States.

Pensions--United States--Finance.

Pensions.

Finance.

Local officials and employees--Pensions--Law and legislation.

State governments--Officials and employees--Pensions--Law and legislation.

Local officials and employees--Pensions.

State governments--Officials and employees--Pensions.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2012]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.

ISBN:

9780815724124

0815724128

OCLC:

794708167