Tag: compensation

Senior woman doing finances at home

The brief’s key findings are: While auto-enrollment boosts 401(k) participation, the resulting cost pressure on matching contributions could prompt employers to reduce their match. Analysis using the National Compensation Survey finds that plans with auto-enrollment do have lower match rates than plans without auto-enrollment. This finding suggests that employers may, indeed, be lowering their matc…

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The brief’s key findings are: Many public sector pension plans have recently cut pension benefits for new hires, thereby reducing compensation. The analysis looks at how such cutbacks could affect the quality of teachers. One proxy for teacher quality is the average SAT score at a teacher’s undergraduate institution. The analysis finds that school districts with higher…