Pension Research Council News

Multiemployer pension plans in the United States are in dire financial straits. It’s estimated that the retirement plans of workers and retirees covered by these plans in the mining, retail trade, construction, transportation and other such sectors face a $54 billion shortfall today. Read More

July 2019: Some of the leading names in pensions research have come together to create a new international association which aims to promote and advance high-quality social science research on pensions, aging, and retirement. The International Pension Research Association (IPRA) was formally announced earlier this month at the OECD. Led by highly-regarded Australian pension economist Professor ...Read More

The TIAA Institute & Boettner/Pension Research Council (PRC) Partnership Call for Proposals: Financial Wellness, Behavioral Insurance, and Retirement Planning Proposals due July 15, 2019, 5:00 p.m. EST The TIAA Institute is again partnering with the Wharton School’s Boettner Center/Pension Research Council at the University of Pennsylvania to fund innovative research related to older Americans’ financial wellness, behavioral insurance, ...Read More

Olivia S. Mitchell and Elizabeth Kennedy discuss implications of the treasury department’s decision to allow employers to pay out retirees’ pensions with a one-time lump sum payment, thus reversing Obama-era guidance that had banned this practice. Listen to the full piece above. Interview begins at 3:35. This segment originally aired on Sirius XM Channel 132, ...Read More

The Pension Research Council is pleased to celebrate its 65th year of research and debate on key policy issues affecting pensions, social security, and other benefit plans. The PRC is known internationally for its interdisciplinary research on private pension and social security programs as well as related benefit plans in the United States and abroad. ...Read More

In an interview with NBER, Prof. Olivia S. Mitchell discusses her work (abstract below) done with Prof. Raimond Maurer of Goethe University Frankfurt on older peoples’ willingness to delay social security claiming. Read More