LEADER 04571nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910458525403321 005 20210604234516.0 010 $a1-281-43108-7 010 $a9786611431082 010 $a0-226-45148-8 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226451480 035 $a(CKB)1000000000398434 035 $a(EBL)408401 035 $a(OCoLC)476228883 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219445 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219445 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229220 035 $a(PQKB)11005297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408401 035 $a(DE-B1597)535654 035 $a(OCoLC)1055286000 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226451480 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408401 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10230062 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL143108 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000398434 100 $a19830706d1983 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPensions in the American economy$b[electronic resource] /$fLaurence J. Kotlikoff and Daniel E. Smith 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1983 215 $a1 online resource (488 p.) 225 1 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research monograph 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-45146-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 439-443) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tRelation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research --$tContents --$tList of Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Description of Data --$t3. Pension Coverage of Workers and Pension Income Receipt among the EIderly --$t4. The Structure of Private Pension Plans --$t5. Financial Aspects of Private Pension Plans --$t6. The Structure of State and Local Pension Plans --$t7. Financial Aspects of State and Local Pension Plans --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aFor anyone with an interest in pensions-workers and employers, personnel directors, accountants, actuaries, lawyers, insurance agents, financial analysts, government officials, and social scientists-this book is required reading. Now, without the aid of a pension specialist, anyone can determine how their particular pension plan stacks up against the average. Using virtually all available government sources (including computerized data unavailable in print) and their own extensive surveys, the authors present a comprehensive description of the structural features and financial conditions of U.S. private, state, city, and municipal pension plans. The introductions to the hundreds of tables explain and highlight the information. The picture that emerges of the "typical" plan and its significant variations is crucial to all those with a financial stake in pensions. The reader can compare pension vesting, retirement, and benefit provisions by plan type, plan size, industry, union status, and many more characteristics. With this information, workers can evaluate just how generous their employer is; job applicants can compare fringe benefits of prospective employers; personnel directors can judge their competitive edge. The financial community will find especially interesting the analysis of the unfunded liabilities of private, state, and local pension funds. The investment decisions of private and public pension funds and their return performances are described as well. Government officials and social scientists will find the analysis of pension coverage, the receipt of pension income by the elderly, cost-of-living adjustments, and disability insurance of special importance in evaluating the proper degree of public intervention in the area of old age income support. Pensions in the American Economy is comprehensive and easy to use. Every reader, from small-business owners and civil servants to pension fund specialists, will find in it essential information about this increasingly important part of labor compensation and retirement finances. 410 0$aNational Bureau of Economic Research monograph. 606 $aOld age pensions$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOld age pensions 676 $a331.25/2/0973 700 $aKotlikoff$b Laurence J$0124852 701 $aSmith$b Daniel E$g(Daniel Eric),$f1958-$0632814 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458525403321 996 $aPensions in the American economy$946710 997 $aUNINA