Briefs

State and Local Pensions Are Different From Private Plans

Alicia H. Munnell Mauricio Soto

A Gradual Exit May Not Make for a Happier Retirement

Esteban Calvo Kelly Haverstick Steven A. Sass

Working Wives Reduce Social Security Replacement Rates

Alicia H. Munnell Geoffrey Sanzenbacher Mauricio Soto

Medicare Costs and Retirement Security

Alicia H. Munnell

The Role of Private Insurance in Financing Long-Term Care

Howard Gleckman

Promoting Work: Implications of Raising Social Security’s Early Retirement Age

John A. Turner

Should Public Plans Engage in Social Investing?

Alicia H. Munnell

Is There Really a Retirement Savings Crisis? An NRRI Analysis

Alicia H. Munnell Anthony Webb Francesca N. Golub-Sass

An Annuity People Might Actually Buy

Anthony Webb Guan Gong Wei Sun

Why Are Widows So Poor?

Alicia H. Munnell Nadia Karamcheva