National Survey on Teachers’ Retirement Perspectives 2019
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Download The Report | National Survey on Teachers’ Retirement Perspectives (PDF) The shortfall in funding for teacher pension systems has grown to around $700 billion […]
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How Pension Contributions Work
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Discover how pension contributions work. Learn the difference between funding normal cost and paying off unfunded liabilities.
Arizona’s Contribution Rate Just Keeps on Growing
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Download The Report | The Contribution Rate Keeps on Growing: Why Persistent Pension Debt Has Created Challenges for ASRS That Arizona Should Fix as Soon […]
Pension Funds Need to Meet Their Assumptions, Not Beat Their Benchmarks
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Three recent news stories highlight the need to have clear definitions of what success looks like for public pension investment returns. The news articles pointed […]
Where Are State & Local Workers Allowed to Join Social Security?
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Millions of state agency workers, municipal employees, and police and firefighters across the country do not participate in Social Security. There are 12 states that […]
Where Are Teachers Allowed to Join Social Security?
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More than a million teachers across the country do not participate in Social Security. There are 11 states that have totally opted out of Social […]
Everything Has to Go Exactly Right for Arizona’s Pension Plan to Avoid a Sustainability Crisis
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We all make assumptions in life. We assume that when we flip a light switch that the electricity will work. We assume our taxi driver […]
The Growing Costs of Arizona’s State Retirement System are Crowding Out Teacher Pay and Education Finances
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The Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) provides retirement income for nearly 150,000 former teachers, state workers, and civilian municipal employees across the Cactus State. The […]
Why Equable Institute Cares about Retirement Security
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For America’s states and local governments to function properly and thrive — that is, to provide effective and efficient governance — the institutions within its […]