from Social Security and defined benefit pensions. For the most part, these are stable sums that ensured a major fraction …

of pensions earned on jobs not covered by Social Security, a key determinant of the size of WEP and GPO adjustments. Also …

pension benefits and DC balances for those approaching retirement, pensions account for more support in retirement than is … the contributions of pensions as measured in income and wealth data. A number of factors cause the contribution of … pensions to be understated in retirement income data, especially data from the CPS. One factor is a difference in methodology …

of the pensions in each cross-section, those who are covered by the same plan in both years experience smaller changes … the means and medians of plan features and plan values. Using the data from Watson Wyatt on the pensions offered by thirty … cross-sections of pensions will exaggerate the changes in continuing plans. Nevertheless, substantial errors will be …

of pensions and social security that better reflects the accrual of benefits under defined contribution plans. We also …