The Pension Research Council

Wharton: University of Pennsylvania The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is committed to generating debate on key policy issues affecting pensions and other employee benefits. We sponsor interdisciplinary research on the entire range of private pension and social security programs, as well as related benefit plans in the United States and around the world. Olivia S. Mitchell, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, is the Executive Director of the Council.

Books

Recalibrating Retirement Spending and Saving
John Ameriks and Olivia S. Mitchell, Editors
September 2008


As Baby Boomers transition into their 60s, they have focused policymaker and media attention on how this generation will manage the retirement phase of its lifetime. This volume acknowledges that many, though not all, in this older cohort have accumulated substantial assets, so for them, the question is what will they do with what they have? It provides a detailed exploration of how people entering retirement will deploy their accumulated assets in the near and long term, so as to best meet their myriad spending, investment, and other objectives.

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Working Papers

Reforming German Civil Servant Pensions: Funding Policy, Investment Strategy, and Intertemporal Risk Budgeting
Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Ralph Rogalla

The Future of Public Employee Retirement Systems
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Managing Public Investment Funds: Best Practices and New Challenges
Olivia S. Mitchell, John Piggott, and Cagri Kumru

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News

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