In the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue. Elected officia

Intense media coverage of the public pension funding crisis continues to fuel heightened awareness in and debate over public pension benefits. With over $3 tril

From the Pension Research Council of the Wharton School, this book explores the diversity of governmental pension plans and investigates how these financial ins

From the Wharton School, offering a comprehensive assessment of the political and financial dimensions of public-sector pensions from the colonial period until

State and Local Retirement Plans in the United States explains how economic and political events have shaped the development of pension plans in the last centur