Events

The John Locke Foundation
Cordially invites you to

a meeting of the Shaftesbury Society

with our special guest

Robert L. Clark

- Professor,
North Carolina State University

State Pension Plans in the 21st Century:
Comparing the North Carolina State Retirement Systems to the Other Public Sector Plans

Monday, March 29, 2010
12:00 PM, Noon

The John Locke Foundation, 200 W Morgan St., Raleigh, NC 27601 Directions

Price: $10.00

Robert Clark is Professor of Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Economics at North Carolina State University. Professor Clark has conducted research examining retirement decisions, the choice between defined benefit and defined contribution plans, the impact of pension conversions to defined contribution and cash balance plans, the role of information and communications on 401(k) contributions, government regulation of pensions, and Social Security. He is currently the principal investigator on a project examining the influence of employer-provided pre-retirement planning programs on financial literacy and retirement decisions. Clark is also writing a history of the development of state retirement plans and has another project examining retiree health plans for public sector employees. He has examined the economic responses to population aging in developed countries and has written widely on international retirement plans, especially the Social Security and employer pension systems in Japan. Professor Clark has also been engaged in a variety of projects assessing the key issues in the economics of higher education and the future of higher education in North Carolina. Professor Clark is a Member of the Pension Institute, Fellow of the TIAA-CREF Institute, and a member of the American Economic Association, the Gerontological Society of America, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. In 2003, he chaired the Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods that was appointed by the U.S. Social Security Administration to review and evaluate the annual projects of the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance program. Professor Clark earned a B.A. from Millsaps College and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University.


Shaftesbury Luncheon talks are free and open to the public. An optional lunch is available for purchase at the event, or participants may brown bag a lunch if they choose.

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