The long-term trend in declining retirement security has been exacerbated by the recent turmoil in the financial markets, and underscores the need ...

Individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, hold more assets than any other type of retirement vehicle. In 2004, IRAs held about $3.5 trillion in asse...

Multiemployer pension plans, created by collective bargaining agreements including more than one employer, cover more than 10 million workers and r...

Pension advances and pension investments are products that, while based on or related to pension benefits, are generally distinct from the pensions...

This book provides background and analysis of the premiums charged by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which is a government-owned ...

A pension is a voluntary benefit offered by employers to assist employees in providing for their financial security in retirement. Public and priva...

Older Americans are a powerful force in America politics because of high participation in elections and active lobbying organisations. In addition,...

Millions of retired Americans rely on defined benefit pension plans for their financial well-being. Recent reports have noted that some plans are i...

Little public data are available to assess the extent to which sponsors of defined benefit plans are offering participants immediate lump sums to r...

The private sector pension system in the United States represents trillions of dollars in assets and is a key source of financial security for mill...

The idea of this book is to provide insight into the composition and structure of public pension and early retirement schemes in seven European cou...

In recent years many smart investors have exited the stock market because they have essentially lost control of their investments. They have relied...

In response to concerns over the adequacy of retirement savings, Congress has created incentives to encourage individuals to save more for retireme...

Individual retirement accounts (IRAs), established by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (PL 93-406) to promote retirement saving,...

Each year the Trustees of the Social Security trust fund report on the current and projected financial status of the program. This book discusses t...

Over the past half-century, the number of state and local government workers has grown significantly. In 2006, this sector accounted for about 12 p...

This book discusses the retirement system in the U.S. beyond Social Security. The Education and Labor Committee is exploring the shortcomings in ou...