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Author:

Munnell, Alicia Haydock.

Title:

State and local pensions : what now? / Alicia H. Munnell.

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

viii, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

State governments--Pensions--Pensions--United States.
Local officials and employees--Pensions--United States.
State governments--Law and legislation--Pensions--Law and legislation--United States.
Local officials and employees--Law and legislation--Law and legislation--United States.
Pensions--United States--Finance.

Other Authors:

Brookings Institution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-247) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- State and local pensions : from the 1970s to today -- The discount rate and other accounting and funding issues -- Why are some plans in trouble and others not? -- Are public plans budget busters? -- Are public employees overpaid or underpaid? -- Do defined contribution plans have a role in the public sector? -- Making state and local pensions better.

ISBN:

0815724128 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815724124 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)794708167

LCCN:

2012028125

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)