Archive: Gregory Leiserson
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The brief’s key findings are: Defined benefit plans based on final pay: “backload” benefits, so younger shorter-service employees get virtually nothing; favor those with high earnings growth, who tend to be higher paid; and invite sudden late-career “spikes” in earnings. Moving to career-average earnings would: provide reasonable benefits for younger shorter-service employees; treat high- and…