U of M Humphrey School of Public Affairs senior fellow and HHEI board member Art Rolnick speaks on the history of collaboration between University of Minnesota economists and…
The biggest issue for public pension policy design is the misalignment of interests between policymakers and other constituencies. Using analytic frameworks, policymakers…
Using the model developed in earlier briefs, the welfare consequences of Rhode Island’s recent pension reforms are analyzed. This stylized example suggests that Rhode Island…
The share of women who are top earners has increased in past decades. Women made up 1.9% of the top 0.1% of earners in the U.S. between 1981 and 1985, according to research by…
On Thursday, August 22 for a conversation with the Four Horsemen of Minnesota Economics – Ed Prescott, Tom Sargent, Chris Sims, and Neil Wallace – to explore how their…
Fatih Guvenen, professor of economics at the University of Minnesota, has called this a “use it or lose it” effect. He argues "that a net wealth tax effectively redistributes…
Few faculty members have left behind the kind of legacy that Edward Foster has built during his tenure as the director of graduate studies and the chair of the Department of…
This analysis focuses on how public pension policy choices impact taxpayers. There are potential gains for taxpayers when a defined contribution plan is used instead of a…
With the largest generation of pensioners in U.S. history heading for life after work, the stress on all
manner of retirement plans grows more obvious by the year.