Private Pensions and Public Policies

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The private pension system, together with Social Security, has provided millions of Americans with income security in retirement. But over the past thirty years, pension coverage has stagnated, leaving behind some vulnerable groups. Private Pensions and Public Policies sheds timely and much-needed light on specific issues within the broader context and framework of pension reform.

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"At a time when discussions of retirement income programs are increasingly relevant, this volume offers several highly-detailed and policy-relevant investigations of the interactions between private pensions, public pensions, and public policy related to retirement income.......a strength of the volume is its focues on well-defined and highly relevant questions concerning various aspects of retirement income. Few may labor under the illusion that Social Security and related reforms are simple matters, but this volume serves as a reminder of the myriad details that solid analysis in this area must consider, and also the many relevant questions that remain unanswered." Ann Huff-Stevens, Yale University - Economic Growth Center, Pension Economics & Finance, 3/1/2006

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William G. Gale is a vice president and director of the Brookings Institution's Economic Studies program, where he holds the Arjay and Frances Fearing Miller Chair in Federal Economic Policy. He is also founding codirector of the Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. John B. Shoven is the Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Mark J. Warshawsky was director of research at the TIAA-CREF Institute.