Pension Policy Center

January 1st, 2023

The Pension Policy Center provides economic analysis of important pension policy issues.  It provides research, consulting and seminars on pension and Social Security policy, retirement income planning, financial advice, investment of defined contribution plans, and policy concerning the labor market for older workers.

Contact us at jturner@pensionpolicycenter.org

Pension Policy Center Director Turner is the 2018 winner of the Simplification Award of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, with coauthor Jennifer Erin Brown. This award is for the best proposal for simplifying pension law.

Recommended Books on Pension Policy by Pension Policy Center Director John A. Turner

Sustaining Social Security in an Era of Population Aging W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2016.  This book is available for free download at http://www.upjohn.org/publications/upjohn-institute-press/sustaining-social-security-era-population-aging

Social Security and Pension Reform: International Perspectives (coedited with Marek Szczepański) W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2014.

Longevity Policy: Facing Up to Longevity Issues Affecting Social Security, Pensions, and Older Workers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011.

Imagining the Ideal Pension System: International Perspectives (coedited with Dana Muir), W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2011.

Pension Policy: The Search for Better Solutions, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2010.

Work Options for Older Americans (coedited with Teresa Ghilarducci) Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2007.

Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform: International Perspectives on the U.S. Debate, Kalamazoo, MI. W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2006. This book has been selected by the Society of Actuaries as required reading for an actuarial examination.

Securing Employer-Provided Pensions: An International Perspective (coedited with Olivia Mitchell and Zvi Bodie), Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996, pp. xii-334.

Pension Policy for a Mobile Labor Force (with chapters by Tabitha Doescher and Phyllis Fernandez), W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1993, pp. iii-215.