Tag: deferred retirement option plan
This extreme situation tells us little about public plans in general. The Dallas Police and Fire Pension Plan has received a lot of press attention recently. My view is that the situation is extraordinary and says little about what is going on with state and local pensions generally. It is a story of wild investments…
Abstract This paper investigates the impact of a Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) on the age of retirement of employees covered by defined benefit pension plans provided by the City of Philadelphia. We show that the program results in significant and substantial increases in the age of retirement: 1.25 years on average for municipal employees…
