Resources

  • Report: Why Arizona's Pension Contribution Rates Keep Rising

    New study finds lower than expected return on investments lead to rising contribution rates and growing debts in Arizona.
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  • Teacher Pension Reform: Lessons and Warnings From West Virginia

    A new analysis of West Virginia's teacher pension reform reveals the state's missteps and offers critical lessons for other states looking to address their teacher pension problems.
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  • How Do Retirement Plans Work for Teachers?

    How do teacher pension plans work? Read this deck to get answers to your questions.
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  • Insufficient: How State Pension Plans Leave Teachers With Inadequate Retirement Savings

    Do teacher pension plans provide their members an "adequate" retirement benefit? This paper finds that the typical teacher pension plan leaves 80 percent of new, young teachers with inadequate benefits. In contrast, cost-neutral alternative plan designs could do a better job of providing all teachers with adequate retirement savings.
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  • Public Fund Survey

    From Fiscal Year 2016 to FY 17, the aggregate funding ratio of large state and local public pension plans dipped to 71.9 percent.
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