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2010

Increased Longevity and the Annuity Solution: How Retirement Policy Reforms Can Reduce Longevity Risk

Christopher S. Spence
Senior Policy Analyst
TIAA-CREF Government Relations

David P. Richardson
Principal Research Fellow
TIAA-CREF Institute


May 2010

Missing the Mark: Employment Related Risks to the Retirement Security of Older Workers
Jason S. Seligman
John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
March 2010

2009

Perspectives on Retirement System Reform for the 21st Century

Jeffrey Brown
University of Illinois
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Karen Ferguson
Pension Rights Center

Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

David Richardson
Principal Research Fellow
TIAA-CREF Institute

Paul Yakoboski
Principal Research Fellow
TIAA-CREF Institute


December 2009

Should Social Security Rely Solely on the Payroll Tax?
Alicia H. Munnell
Boston College
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
December 2009

2008

Defined Contribution Pension Plans in the Public Sector: A Best Practice Benchmark Analysis
Roderick B. Crane, J.D.
TIAA-CREF
Michael Heller FSA, MAAA, EA
TIAA-CREF
Paul Yakoboski, Ph.D.
TIAA-CREF Institute
April 2008

2007

Designing Public-Sector Pensions for the 21st Century
Roderick B. Crane, J.D.
Director, Institutional Client Relations, Public Sector Market, TIAA-CREF
Michael Heller FSA, MAAA, EA
Vice President, Actuarial Consulting Services, TIAA-CREF
Paul Yakoboski, Ph.D.
Principal Research Fellow, TIAA-CREF Institute
May 2007

2006

The Retiree Health Care Challenge
Prepared by Hewitt Associates
November 2006

Reforming Retiree Benefits: Recent Changes in the University of Pennsylvania's Retiree Medical Plan
Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania
Elenita Bader, University of Pennsylvania
Jack Heuer, University of Pennsylvania
May 2006

Faculty Careers and Flexible Employment
David W. Leslie, The College of William and Mary, and TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
January 2006

2005

Measuring Social Security's Financial Outlook Within an Aging Society
Jagadeesh Gokhale, CATO Institute
Kent Smetters, The Wharton School, NBER and TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
November 2005

Options and Alternatives to Fund Retiree Health Care Expenditures
Paul Fronstin, EBRI and TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
Paul Yakoboski, TIAA-CREF Institute
July 2005

Payouts In Individual Accounts Pose New Questions
Virginia Reno, National Academy of Social Insurance and TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
May 2005

Social Security: Experts Discuss Funding Issues and Options
Mimi Lord, TIAA-CREF Institute
April 2005

Annuitization: What Individuals Say, What Individuals Do
Paul Yakoboski, TIAA-CREF Institute
March 2005

2004

Medicare Financing: Outlook and Implications for Higher Education
John L. Palmer, TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow and University Professor at Syracuse University
September 2004

To Phase or Not to Phase: The Dynamics of Choosing Phased Retirement in Academe
David W. Leslie, The College of William and Mary and TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
Natasha Janson, The College of William and Mary
September 2004

The 2004 Report of the Social Security Trustees: Social Security Shortfalls, Social Security Reform and Higher Education
Thomas R. Saving, TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow and Ph.D., Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University
September 2004

The Changing Nature of Faculty Employment
Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Liang Zhang, Cornell University
April 2004

Changing Faculty Demographics and the Need for New Policies
Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University
April 2004

The Growing Postdoc Population at U.S. Research Universities
Jennifer Ma, TIAA-CREF Institute and
Paula E. Stephan, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
April 2004

Institutional Factors and the Future of Retiree Health Plans
Sylvester J. Schieber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
April 2004

Impact of Retiree Health Plans on Faculty Retirement Decisions
John Rust, University of Maryland
April 2004

Faculty Retirement Incentives by Colleges and Universities
John H. Pencavel, Stanford University
April 2004

The Value of Phased Retirement
Steven G. Allen, North Carolina State University
April 2004