Pension Policy Center

The Pension Policy Center seeks consulting and research projects concerning pensions, Social Security, financial planning for retirement, financial advice and disclosures, financial fees, fiduciary duty, pension investing, behavioral finance and other retirement issues in the United States and in other countries using the analytic technics of both traditional economics and behavioral economics.

This is the thirteenth annual report of the Pension Policy Center. The year 2020 was a productive year. This report provides information about the Pension Policy Center research projects completed in 2020, as well as reporting on other accomplishments.

Pension Policy Center Publications in 2020

John A. Turner, Gerard Hughes, and Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak wrote “Longevity Insurance Benefits for Social Security: International Experience.” In Economic Challenges of Pension Systems – A Sustainability and International Management Perspective, edited by Marta Peris-Ortiz, José Álvarez-García, Inmaculada Domínguez-Fabián, and Pierre Devolder. Springer, 2020.

Turner and Dale Kintzel wrote “Provision of Longevity Insurance Annuities.” Financial Analysts Journal October 2020, pp. 119-133.

Turner and Denis Latulippe wrote “Social Security Retirement Policy in Canada and the U.S: Different Reforms, Different Outcomes.”Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, 2020.

Turner, Bruce W. Klein and Constance Sorrentino wrote “Making Volunteer Work Visible: Supplementary Measures of Work in Labor Force Statistics.” Monthly Labor Review, July 2020.

Turner and Shelley Giordano wrote “AUM-Based Compensation and Financial Advice.” Journal of Retirement 2020 Fall 8: 84-99.

Turner, Yael Hadass, Marion Labouré, Sally Shen wrote “New Approaches to Communicating to Workers About Pensions.” Products, Tools, and Strategies that Address Retirement Risks – Essay Collection. Society of Actuaries, 2020.

Turner, Yael Hadass, Marion Labouré, Sally Shen wrote “Fintech and the Retirement Savings System.” Society of Actuaries, 2020.

Turner, Gerard Hughes, David M. Rajnes, and Michelle Maher wrote “War and Pensions: The Effects of War on Social Security and Employer-Provided Pensions.” 2020. International Journal of Economics and Finance 12(2) 45-55.

Turner and Kathryn L. Moore wrote “Why Is There So Much Pre-Retirement Liquidity in the U.S. Pension System?” NYU Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation. 2020, pp. 3-1 – 3-38.

Turner, Najat El Mekkaoui and Yeganeh Forouheshfar wrote “Social Security in Arab Countries: A Regional Comparison of the Well-Being of Older People.” Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, EMNES Working Paper 030, 2020.

Turner and Leslie A. Muller wrote “Financial Literacy, the ‘High Fee Puzzle,’ and Knowledge About the Importance of Fees.” Journal of Retirement, 2020.

Pension Policy Center Papers Accepted for Publication

Turner wrote “Alternatives to Financial Literacy: Helping Pension Participants to Invest.” Benefits Quarterly, 2021.

Turner and Tianhong Chen wrote “China’s Development of a Multi-tier Pension System.” International Social Security Review, 2021.

Turner and Leslie A. Muller wrote “Sample Selection Bias Due to Differential Mortality: A Supplementary Measure of Old-Age Poverty.” Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 2021.

Turner, Kamila Bieilawska and Sally Shen wrote “Issues of Trust: Plans, Participants and Service Providers Over the Past 25 Years.” ENRSP Volume, edited by James Kolaczkowski, Michelle Maher, and Yves Stevens. Edward Elgar, 2021.

Turner and Inmaculada Domínguez Fabián wrote “The Evolution of the Spanish Private Pension System: 1994-2019.” ENRSP volume edited by James Kolaczkowski, Michelle Maher, and Yves Stevens. Edward Elgar, 2021.

Turner, Jonathan Barry Forman and Dana M. Muir wrote “The Evolution of the U.S. Pension System: 1994-2019.” ENRSP volume, edited by James Kolaczkowski, Michelle Maher, and Yves Stevens. Edward Elgar, 2021.

Turner wrote “Population Aging and Pension Policies.” International Handbook of Population Policies, edited by John May, Springer, 2021.

Other Accomplishments

According to Google Scholar Citations, Turner’s research has received more than 3,400 citations. According to ResearchGate, the roughly 50 publications of Turner that it provides online have received more than 9,000 reads.