This event will examine more radical reforms that — while aiming to accomplish the same goals as the current Social Security program — would do so through fundamentally different structures.

Proposals to expand tax-deferred savings accounts are generally estimated to result in a loss of tax revenue, according to models used by the U.S. Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office. In this seminar in AEI’s tax policy series, Professor Jonathan Skinner of Dartmouth College presents evidence suggesting the opposite,...

Shifting government workers to 401(k)-style plans would offer greater transparency and keep benefits in line with the private economy.

In the latest Retirement Outlook, AEI scholar Alex Brill warns that some employees' 401(k)s are still at risk from being too invested in a single stock -- their own company's stock.

A panel of retirement finance experts will discuss questions regarding retirement policy reform.

It is unlikely that increases in federal employee pension contributions or reductions in pension benefits for future federal retirees would lower total compensation below federal workers’ reservation wage, which represents the minimum pay at which a worker will accept a particular type of job.

Until the legislative process takes into account the long-term consequences of short-term policy actions (and inactions), we have no assurance that Medicare can be saved.

How would personal Social Security accounts have fared in the current market?