State and local pensions:what now?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Munnell Alicia Haydock
Published: Brookings Institution Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2012.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
USA
Carrier Form: viii, 254 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780815724124 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0815724128 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Index Number: D771
CLC: D771.232
Call Number: D771.232/M966
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- State and local pensions : from the 1970s to today -- The discount rate and other accounting and funding issues -- Why are some plans in trouble and others not? -- Are public plans budget busters? -- Are public employees overpaid or underpaid? -- Do defined contribution plans have a role in the public sector? -- Making state and local pensions better.