Reports
General Statistics, Surveys, and Reports on Retirement Policy
- Better Agency Coordination Could Help Small Employers Address Challenges to Plan Sponsorship Government Accountability Office (March 2012)
- Retirement Income: Challenges for Ensuring Income throughout Retirement (Government Accountability Office, April 2010)
- Veterans’ Benefits: Pension Benefit Programs (Congressional Research Service, February 2010)
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General Statistics, Surveys, and Reports on Retirement Policy, Wealth, Income, and Poverty
- Retirement Income: Ensuring Income throughout Retirement Requires Difficult Choices Government Accountability Office (June 2011)
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Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution Plans, Public Pension Plans
- Decisions, Decisions: Retirement Plan Choices for Public Employees and Employers National Institute on Retirement Security (September 2011)
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Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution Plans
- A Better Bang for the Buck: The Economic Efficiencies of DB Plans (National Institute on Retirement Security, August 2008)
- Patience is a Virtue: Asset Allocation Patterns of DB & DC Plans (National Institute on Retirement Security, July 2008)
- Retirement Readiness: What Difference Does A Pension Make? (National Institute on Retirement Security, May 2008)
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Defined Benefit Pension Plans
- Pensionomics 2012: Measuring the Economic Impact of DB Pension Expenditures National Institute on Retirement Security (March 2012)
- Unfair Pension Takebacks: What Can Be Done to Protect Retirees (Pension Rights Center)
- Little Information Available on Qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans Government Accountability Office (May 2011)
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Defined Contribution Plans (such as 401(k)s) and IRAs
- 401(k) Plans in 2010: An Update from the SCF (July 2012) Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
- 401(k) Plans: Improved Regulation Could Better Protect Participants from Conflicts of Interest Government Accountability Office (January 2011)
- Federal Employee Participation Patterns in the Thrift Savings Plan Calendar Year 2007 (Office of Personnal Management, April 2010)
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Pension Plan Freezes, Terminations, and Other Changes
- Program Perspectives: "Frozen Defined-benefit Plans (Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2010)
- The Disappearing Defined Benefit Pension and Its Potential Impact on the Retirement Incomes of Baby Boomers (Social Security Administration, October 2009)
- Alternatives to Frozen Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, August 2009)
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Wealth, Income, and Poverty
- Many Experience Challenges Regaining Employment and Face Reduced Retirement Security Government Accountability Office (April 2012)
- From Bad to Worse: Senior Economic Insecurity on the Rise Demos and the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (July 2011)
- Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (January 2011)
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Retirement Security for Women and People of Color
- Retirement Security: Women Still Face Challenges Government Accountability Office (July 2012)
- Retirement Security for Women: Progress to Date and Policies for Tomorrow (Retirement Security Project, April 2008)
- From Work to Retirement: Tracking Changes in Women's Poverty Status (Institute for Women's Policy Research and AARP's Public Policy Institute, February 2008)
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Polls Related to Retirement Security
- Pensions Are Top Income Source for Wealthier U.S. Retirees Gallup (May 2013)
- Income, Age Key Factors in Retirement Funding Expectations Gallup (May 2013)
- Retirement on the Edge: Women,Men, and Economic Insecurity After the Great Recession Institute for Women's Policy Research/Rockefeller Foundation (October 2011)
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Public Pension Plans
- The Origins and Severity of the Public Pension Crisis Center for Economic and Policy Research (February 2011)
- Federal Employee Participation Patterns in the Thrift Savings Plan Calendar Year 2007 Office of Personnal Management (April 2010)
- Out of Balance? Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation Over 20 Years (National Institute on Retirement Security and Center for State and Local Government Excellence, April 2010)
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A single-life annuity is a monthly benefit that is paid to a pension plan participant for his or her life.
