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Thursday, March 11, 2010
 
 
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Retirement and Social Security Issues
 

AEI's program on retirement and Social Security evaluates issues presented by the aging of the U.S. population, pension protection and the economics of retirement, the adequacy of household savings, the financial problems of the Social Security system, and major Social Security reform proposals. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on Social Security and pensions.

 
Feature: Are Life-Cycle Funds Worthwhile?

Workers are now managing much of their own retirement funds. One of the most popular strategies is also the most passive: life-cycle funds. These funds take more risk when workers are young and automatically become less risky assets with age. Are these plans a good investment? Should they continue to be recommended for so many workers?

At a recent AEI conference, Social Security Administration researcher Benjamin Bridges presented new research on life-cycle funds. Watch Bridges's presentation here.

 
 
 
 
Adjusting to Reality
 
President Barack Obama has signaled support for the idea to send additional checks to everyone receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, and disabled veteran benefits, even though the deficit is expected to increase this year.
 
An Options Pricing Method for Calculating the Market Price of Public Sector Pension Liabilities
 
This AEI working paper presents an alternate approach to market valuation of public pension liabilities based upon options pricing methods.
 
New Jersey's Pension Deficits Hidden by Accounting Rules
 
Unless pension accounting rules are updated, taxpayers in New Jersey and around the country are in for a shock when the pension bill comes due.
 
Class Warfare's Next Target: 401(k) Savings
 
In the latest chapter in what is developing into a war by the left on America's seniors, the government has proposed to take American's 401(k) savings in return for a promise to pay some monthly benefit in retirement years.
 
 
Global Population Aging and Its Economic Consequences
 
This book explains how the risks of global aging can be contained with a combination of foresight and prudent public policy.  
 
In Our Hands A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
 
This book reveals the ineffectiveness of government redistribution plans and offers a radical new approach to social policy.  
 
Income Redistribution from Social Security
 
The authors assess the importance of knowing as much as possible about how the current Social Security system redistributes money in practice and to whom.  
 
 
PAST EVENTS
 
 
This event will discuss life-cycle funds and their role the management of retirement funds.
 
 
At this AEI conference, AEI resident scholar Andrew G. Biggs will discuss research on Social Security's incentives to delay retirement, while Estelle James, a pension consultant and former World Bank economist, will present findings on how Chile's 1980 pension reform affected labor force participation by seniors.
 
 
At this event, AEI resident scholar Andrew Biggs will address members of the Savings and Retirement Forum about the present system and propose reforms that could create a more transparent and effective retirement program.