LEADER 04456nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910465471603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612346606 010 $a1-282-34660-1 010 $a0-19-157105-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000293331 035 $a(EBL)472115 035 $a(OCoLC)472873184 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297163 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227974 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297163 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10327820 035 $a(PQKB)10688411 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075717 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472115 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472115 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10351314 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234660 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000293331 100 $a20090424d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe future of public employee retirement systems$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Olivia S. Mitchell and Gary Anderson 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (365 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-957334-4 311 $a0-19-172194-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. The Future of Public Employee Retirement Systems; Part I. Costs and Benefits of Public Employee Retirement Systems; 2. Estimating State and Local Government Pension and Retiree Health Care Liabilities; 3. The Case for Marking Public Plan Liabilities to Market; 4. Between Scylla and Charybdis: Improving the Cost Effectiveness of Public Pension Retirement Plans; 5. Public Pensions and State and Local Budgets: Can Contribution Rate Cyclicality Be Better Managed? 327 $a6. Benefit Cost Comparisons Between State and Local Governments and Private Industry Employers 7. Administrative Costs of State Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Systems; 8. Thinking about Funding Federal Retirement Plans; Part II. Implementing Public Retirement System Reform; 9. Reforming the German Civil Servant Pension Plan; 10. The Outlook for Canada's Public Sector Employee Pensions; 11. Unifying Pension Schemes in Japan: Toward a Single Scheme for Both Civil Servants and Private Employees 327 $a12. Redefining Traditional Plans: Variations and Developments in Public Employee Retirement Plan Design 13. Defined Contribution Pension Plans in the Public Sector: A Benchmark Analysis; Part III. The Political Economy of Public Pensions; 14. The Evolution of Public Sector Pension Plans in the United States; 15. Pension Fund Activism: The Double-Edged Sword; 16. The New Intersection on the Road to Retirement: Public Pensions, Economics, Perceptions, Politics, and Interest Groups; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $aPeople covered by public pensions are often the subject of 'pension envy:' that is, their benefits might seem more generous and their contributions lower than those offered by the private sector. Yet this book points out that such judgments are often inaccurate, since civil servants hold jobs with few counterparts in private industry, such as firefighters, police, judges, and teachers. Often these are riskier, dirtier, and demand more loyalty and discretion than would be required of a more mobile labor force in the private sector. The debate challenges traditional ideas about how the public 606 $aCivil service$xPensions 606 $aCivil service$xRetirement 606 $aState governments$xOfficials and employees$xPensions$zUnited States 606 $aLocal officials and employees$xPensions$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xOfficials and employees$xPensions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil service$xPensions. 615 0$aCivil service$xRetirement. 615 0$aState governments$xOfficials and employees$xPensions 615 0$aLocal officials and employees$xPensions 676 $a331.25/29135173 701 $aMitchell$b Olivia S$0127408 701 $aAnderson$b Gary J$0957591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465471603321 996 $aThe future of public employee retirement systems$92168904 997 $aUNINA