Presentation Explaining Issues Related to Public Pensions
Policy Briefs and Papers
- General
- Creating a New Public Pension System, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- Social Security’s Unsafe Harbor, TeacherPensions.org
- Do State and Local Pensions Lock In Mid-Career Employees?, Urban Institute
- How Long Must State and Local Employees Work to Accumulate Pension Benefits?, Urban Institute
- When Do State and Local Pension Plans Encourage Workers to Retire?, Urban Institute
- Improving Public Pensions: Balancing Competing Priorities, Brookings Institution Brown Center
- Pension Politics: Public Employee Retirement System Reform in Four States, Brookings Institution Brown Center
- Are Public Pensions Keeping Up with the Times?, Brookings Institution Brown Center
- Teachers’ Pensions
- Modernizing Teacher Pensions, National Affairs
- Better Pay, Fairer Pensions: Reforming Teacher Compensation, Manhattan Institute
- Better Pay, Fairer Pensions II: Modeling Preferences Between Defined-Benefit Teacher Compensation Plans, Manhattan Institute
- Better Pay, Fairer Pensions III: The Impact of Cash-Balance Plans on Teacher Retention and Quality, Manhattan Institute
- Rewarding Experienced Teachers: How Much Do Schools Really Pay?, Manhattan Institute
- The Pension Pac-Man: How Pension Debt Eats Away at Teacher Salaries, TeacherPensions.org
- Negative Returns: How State Pensions Shortchange Teachers, TeacherPensions.org
- Eating Their Young: How Cuts to State Pension Plans Fall on New Workers, TeacherPensions.org
- Doing the Math on Teacher Pensions, National Council on Teacher Quality
- Transition Cost
- Defined Contribution Plans
State Policy Briefs
Colorado
- Risky Retirement: Colorado’s Uncertain Future and Opportunities for Reform, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- Few Reach the Peaks: How to Fix Colorado’s Teacher Pensions, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, TeacherPensions.org, and Bellwether Education Partners
Illinois
- Chicago Crowd-Out: How Rising Pension Costs Harm Current Teachers and Students, Manhattan Institute
- Could a Cash Balance Plan Benefit Illinois Public School Teachers?, Urban Institute
- Illinois Needs to Pass Public Pension Reform, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Kentucky
- Kentucky’s Successful Public Pension Reform, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- Kentucky’s Pension Challenges: Opportunities for Real Reform, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Louisiana
- Is a Cash Balance Plan the Right Choice for Louisiana State Employees?, Urban Institute
- The State of Public Pension Reform in Louisiana, Urban Institute
New York
- Understanding the Growth in Government Contributions to New York State’s Public Pension Plans, Urban Institute
- Why Have Government Contributions to New York Pension Plans Soared since 2010?, Urban Institute
Texas
- Swamped: How Pension Debt is Sinking the Bayou City, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- The Houston Pension Question: How the City’s Pension Liability Grew and the Options for Reform, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
- McGee Prepared Opening Remarks for Pension Review Board Meeting on 2-11-16
- McGee Houston Matters Appearance 2-9-16