In the News • March 11, 2011
March 11, 2011 — Watch Jon Meacham and Alison Stewart on PBS’ Need to Know as they examine public sector compensation levels. They cite NIRS “Out of Balance” study, which finds that public sector workers earn an average of 11% and 12% less, respectively, than comparable private sector employees. The analysis spans two decades to find that […]
In the News • March 9, 2011
March 9, 2011 — Reuters provides more coverage of the NIRS second annual policy conference, highlighting comments from J. Mark Iwry, deputy assistant secretary for retirement and health policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In his comments, Iwry noted that the Obama Administration may soon propose rules that would make it easier for employers to offer workers guaranteed […]
In the News • March 8, 2011
March 8, 2011 — National Underwriter Life and Health News recently featured comments from Dirk Kempthorne’s remarks at the 201 NIRS Policy Conference. In his remarks, Kempthorne called for the passage of the bipartisan lifetime Income Disclosure Act, which has been introduced as S. 267 in the Senate and as H.R. 677 in the House. The bill would require […]
In the News • March 8, 2011
March 8, 2011 — Reuters covers the NIRS second annual policy conference, highlighting findings from a recent NIRS opinion research poll and comments from Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers. During the conference Pattiion noted that, “If you ask a state budget officer what they think spending will look like over a 10-year period going forward, […]
In the News • March 8, 2011
March 8, 2011 — Watch CNBC’s Hampton Pearson cover NIRS 2011 policy conference and new public opinion research report. He reports that Americans are more pessimistic than ever about their retirement prospects, and that Washington leaders are “tone deaf” to their concerns. Pearson interviews Senator Tom Harkin and Diane Oakley, NIRS executive director.
In the News • March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 — In a recent article, Political Analyst.net cites an economists views that there are, “older people who would like to retire and would do so if they could afford it.” The economist continues that, ” With a full pension and medical care, retirees “will be happier. Young people who need work will […]
In the News • March 3, 2011
March 3, 2011 — Reuters cites forthcoming NIRS research. The poll shows Americans are near panic about retirement. The findings suggest that the financial meltdown and Great Recession have beaten expectations into the ground. In short, most Americans now equate retirement security with mere survival. Just as striking, the forthcoming poll shows that Americans finally understand that […]
In the News • February 25, 2011
February 25, 2011 — NIRS research is cited in an article regarding the pay of public sector workers. A great deal depends on the assumptions that researchers make while trying to do proper comparisons between private-sector and public workers. Keith A. Bender and John S. Heywood, economics professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found that state […]
In the News • February 18, 2011
February 18, 2011– An EPI report by Ethan Pollack notes NIRS’ Out of Balance report findings to support the point that, “when comparing total compensation (which include non-wage benefits such as health care and pensions) of workers with similar education, public-sector workers consistently make less than their private-sector peers.” Read the full article here.