Positioning pensions for the twenty-first century

Author(s)

• Gordon, Michael S.
• Mitchell, Olivia S.
• Twinney, Marc M.

Bibliographic Information

Positioning pensions for the twenty-first century

edited by Michael S. Gordon, Olivia S. Mitchell and Marc M. Twinney

（Pension Research Council publications）

Pension Research Council, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction : assessing the challenges to the pension system / Olivia S. Mitchell, Michael S. Gordon, and Marc M. Twinney
• A fresh look at defined benefit plans : an employer perspective / Marc M. Twinney
• Cash balance pension plans / Anna M. Rappaport ... [et al.]
• Risk aversion and pension investment choices / Vickie L. Bajtelsmit and Jack L. VanDerhei
• Investment of assets in self-directed retirement plans / Gordon P. Goodfellow and Sylvester J. Schieber
• Are women conservative investors? : gender differences in participant-directed pension investments / Richard P. Hinz, David D. McCarthy, and John A.Turner
• Funding of defined benefit pension plans / Mark J. Warshawsky
• Corporate governance and pension plans / Robert A.G. Monks
• Using pension funding bonds in defined benefit pension portfolios / Robert M. Lang
• Public pension plan efficiency / Ping-Lung Hsin and Olivia S. Mitchell
• Analytical framework for retirement policy decisions / Constance F. Citro and Eric A. Hanushek
• Reforming social security? / Edward M. Gramlich
• Individual social security retirement accounts / John E. Porter

Description and Table of Contents

Description

As the United States comes to terms with the pending insolvency of social security, workers are increasingly pinning their hopes for retirement adequacy on employer-sponsored plans. Positioning Pensions for the Twenty-First Century analyzes the role of pensions in retirement security, examining how these programs will evolve to meet the challenges to our nation's retirement system. The book brings together a team of leading economists, corporate and labor specialists, actuaries, and policy experts to examine the future of retirement options within the context of emerging labor and business trends and innovative developments in the pension community. They show how a successful public and private pension system can be sustained and strengthened and demonstrate how employer pensions can be configured against a delicately financed social insurance system. The book's contributions examine where pensions have succeeded and failed over the last several decades and point to positive new developments in the pension arena. Its coverage includes innovative pension options such as hybrid and cash-balance plans; pension funding regulations; changes in GATT laws altering pension insurance premiums; and emerging developments concerning administrative costs and pension obligation bonds. It also features new research on defined contribution plan investment options and includes three case studies of participant-directed pension investments, telling how thousands of workers are allocating their pension savings in 401(k) and related plans. Positioning Pensions for the Twenty-First Century is essential reading for all managers, employees, and policymakers concerned with designing pension systems that can withstand the challenges of the next decade.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction: Assessing the Challenges to the Pension System PART I. DEFINED BENEFIT AND DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS 2. A Fresh Look at Defined Benefit Plans: An Employer Perspective 3. Cash Balance Pension Plans 4. Risk Aversion and Pension Investment Choices 5. Investment of Assets in Self-Directed Retirement Plans 6. Are Women Conservative Investors? Gender Differences in Participant-Directed Pension Investments PART II. EMERGING PENSION ISSUES 7. Funding of Defined Benefit Pension Plans 8. Corporate Governance and Pension Plans 9. Using Pension Funding Bonds in Defined Benefit Pension Portfolios 10. Public Pension Plan Efficiency PART III. CROSS CURRENTS IN NATIONAL RETIREMENT INCOME POLICY 11. Analytical Framework for Retirement Policy Decisions 12. Reforming Social Security? 13. Individual Social Security Retirement Accounts Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BA31233095
• ISBN:
  • 0812233913
• LCCN: 96053837
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 247 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 366.4
  • LCC : HD7125
  • DC21 : 331.25/2/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pensions -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12058395