2025 Annual Report
January 1, 2026
John A. Turner, PhD
Director
The Pension Policy Center provides consulting and research projects concerning pensions, Social Security, financial planning for retirement, financial advice and disclosures, financial fees, fiduciary duty, pension investing, behavioral finance, alternatives to financial literacy, and other retirement issues in the United States and other countries using the analytic technics of traditional and behavioral economics and finance.
This is the eighteenth annual report of the Pension Policy Center. The year 2025 was a productive year. This report lists Pension Policy Center research projects completed in 2025 and other accomplishments during the year.
The major accomplishment of the year was the completion of the book Social Security for Future Generations: Sustainability, Equity, and Simplicity coauthored with Serena E. McCarthy.
The major recognition of the year was having the citations to his publications exceed 5,000.
Pension Policy Center Publications in 2025
Turner wrote “End RMDs at Age 90 for Most People.” New York University Journal of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation. 2025.
Turner wrote “Pension Tax Breaks for the Wealthy Assessing ERISA at 50.” Benefits Quarterly 41(2): 30-38, 2025.
Pension Policy Center Publications Forthcoming in 2026
Social Security for Future Generations: Sustainability, Equity, and Simplicity (coauthored with Serena E. McCarthy). Upriver Press, 2026.
“The Interconnectedness Between Funded and Social Security Pensions in Poland and the UK: Why Is the Role of Funded Pensions in Poland So Much Smaller?” (coauthored with Kamila Bielawaska). Public-Private Pension Interactions, INPeR Conference volume.
“Public-Private Pension Interactions Affecting the Decision to Retire and Claim Benefits.” (coauthored with Sylwia Pieńkowska-Kamieniecka, Joanna Rutecka-Góra, Sally Shen, and Serena E. McCarthy). Public-Private Pension Interactions, INPeR Conference volume.
Other Accomplishments
According to Google Scholar Citations, Turner’s publications have received more than 5,000 citations. He has two publications with more than 500 citations, one of them being one of the most cited books on social security policy published in the twenty-first century, with more than 600 citations. He has nine publications with more than 100 citations. His research has an h-score of 34, meaning that he has at least 34 publications with at least 34 citations. According to ResearchGate, his publications that it provides online have received more than 28,848 reads. His research interest score on ResearchGate is higher than 95 percent of its scholars in his field. According to Academia, people in 44 countries have read his papers that Academia has posted online.