Published Papers
"Pension." World Book Online Reference Center. 2006. World Book, Inc.
"How Defined Contribution Plans and 401(k)s Affect Employer Pension Costs: 1981-1998.” With Wei Sun. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 5(2): 175-196 (July 2006).
“The Changing Role of Employer Pensions: Tax Expenditures, Costs and Implications for Middle Class Elderly.” For the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College Conference on “Government Spending on the Elderly.” April 29-30 2006.
“Future Retirement Income Security Needs Defined Benefit Pensions.” Center for American Progress, March 2006.
"Can Americans Work Longer? Competing Views." With Joseph Quinn. From In Search of Retirement Security: The Changing Mix of Social Insurance, Employee Benefits, and Individual Responsibility. Teresa Ghilarducci, Van Doorn Ooms, John L. Palmer, and Catherine Hill, editors. New York: Century Foundation Press. 2005.
"Female Dual Labor Markets and Fringe Benefits.” With Mary Lee. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 52:1 (2005).
“Employer Pension Contributions and 401(k) Plans: A Note.” With Wei Sun and Steve Nyce. Industrial Relations 43:2 (2004).
“Latinos' Low Pension Coverage and Disenfranchisement from the U.S. Financial System.” With Wei Sun. Research Reports. Institute for Latino Studies. December 2004.
“Delinking Benefits from a Single Employer: Alternative Multiemployer Models.” Benefits for the Workplace of the Future. Olivia S. Mitchell, David S. Blitzstein, Michael Gordon, Judith F. Mazo, Editors. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 2003. Pp. 260-284.
“Multiemployer Plans and the Chronic Lack of Retirement and Health Security in Low Wage Labor Markets.” Prepared for the 25th Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Research Conference held November 6-8, 2003, in Washington, DC.
“The American Labor Movement's (Surprising) Economic Impact: How Unions Challenge Consumerism and Corporate Governance.” Published in a special 25th Elsevier Anniversary volume, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change, edited by Daniel Myers, 2003.
Book Review for Journal of Economic Literature. Rekindling the Labor Movement: Labor's Quest for Relevance in the 21st Century. Lowell Turner, Harry Katz, Richard Hurd, editors. Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University Press. 2001.
“Rising Expectations: Women's Retirement Income Security and Private Pensions.” The Future of the Safety Net: Social Insurance and Employee Benefits in the Next Century. S. Friedman and D. Jacobs (eds), IRRA Research Volume, 2001.
“Small Benefits, Big Pension Funds, and How Governance Reforms Can Close the Gap.” Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions. Archon Fung, Tessa Hebb, and Joel Rogers, editors. Ithaca: ILR Press. 2001.
“Myths and Misinformation About America's Retirement System.” Unconventional Wisdom: Alternative Perspectives on the New Economy. Jeff Madrick, editor. New York: The Century Foundation. 2000. Pp. 69-92.
“The Political Economy of Social Security Reform in the United States.” Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism: Radical Perspectives on Economic Theory and Policy. Ron Baiman, Heather Boushey, and Dawn Saunders, Editors. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe. 2000. Pp. 321-330.
“Unions' Role in Argentine and Chilean Pension Reform.” With Patricia Ledesma Liébana. World Development. 28:4 (April) 2000. Pp. 753-762.
“Making Work Pay―Wage Insurance for the Working Poor.” With Barry Bluestone. Levy Economics Institute WP #28, 1996. Abstract
Research
Biography
Teresa Ghilarducci is the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Chair of Economic Policy Analysis and the director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research as of January 2008. Her new book, When I'm Sixty Four: The Plot against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them, Princeton University Press, investigates how to revive the promise of retirement to working Americans. Ghilarducci taught economics at the University of Notre Dame for 25 years. > Read More
Recent Journal Entry
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News
On November 20, 2007, Dr. Ghilarducci participated in the Economic Policy Institute's latest "Agenda for Shared Prosperity" event in Washington, DC. At the event, she unveiled a briefing paper, Guaranteed Retirement Accounts, which outlines her vision for combining the best features of traditional defined-benefit pensions and 401(k)-style defined-contribution plans.