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The brief’s key findings are: Half of private sector workers are not covered by an employer-sponsored retirement plan. The federal government has made no progress on closing this coverage gap, so the states are stepping into the breach: Four states have adopted a mandatory Auto-IRA program. Two other states are setting up voluntary marketplaces. Of…

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The brief’s key findings are: In projecting pension costs, state and local plans assume their workers will live longer than private sector workers. Is this assumption accurate and, if so, why? The analysis confirms that public sector workers – particularly women – have lower mortality rates than their private sector counterparts. The question is whether…