Retirement Benefits for State and Local Employees: Designing Pension Plans for the Twenty-First Century

Robert Clark, Joshua Rauh, and Mark Duggan, editors

Table of Contents

	1. What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?: John Beshears, James Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, Stephen P. Zeldes (bibliographic info) (Working Paper version)
	2. The Effect of Pension Design on Employer Costs and Employee Retirement Choices: Evidence from Oregon: John Chalmers, Woodrow T. Johnson, Jonathan Reuter (bibliographic info) (Working Paper version)
	3. Why Do Individuals Choose Defined Contribution Plans? Evidence from Participants in a Large Public Plan: Jeffrey R. Brown, Scott J. Weisbenner (bibliographic info)
	4. Linking Benefits to Investment Performance in US Public Pension Systems: Robert Novy-Marx, Joshua D. Rauh (bibliographic info) (Working Paper version)
	5. Reform of Police Pensions in England and Wales: Rowena Crawford, Richard Disney (bibliographic info) (Working Paper version)
	6. Defined Benefit Pension Plan Distribution Decisions by Public Sector Employees: Robert L. Clark, Melinda Sandler Morrill, David Vanderweide (bibliographic info) (Working Paper version)
	7. Shrouded Costs of Government: The Political Economy of State and Local Public Pensions: Edward L. Glaeser, Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto (bibliographic info) (Working Paper version)
	Financial Education and Choice in State Public Pension Systems: Julie Agnew, Josh Hurwitz (Working Paper version)
	Worker Exits from State and Local Government Jobs: The Role of Pensions in Explaining Life Cycle Patterns: Leora Friedberg
	Department of Defense Retirement: Jeffrey Smith, James E. West
	Public Plans and Short-Term Employees: Alicia H. Munnell, Jean-Pierre Aubry, Joshua Hurwitz, Laura Quinby (Working Paper version)
	Investment Behavior in Public DB and Non-DB Pension Plans: James Farrell, Daniel Shoag