Tag: deferred retirement option plan

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge at sunset in Dallas, Texas

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 that produced large losses and a very large Deferred Retirement Option…

Female crossing guard leads children safely across street

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…