00front.qxd 2/27/03 9:20 AM Page iii
A History of
Public Sector Pensions
in the United States
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Pension Research Council
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia
, 00front.qxd 2/27/03 9:20 AM Page iv
Copyright © 2003 The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Published by
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4011
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clark, Robert Louis, 1949-
A history of public sector pensions in the United States, / Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig,
Jack W. Wilson.
p. cm.
“Pension Research Council publications.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8122-3714-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. United States—Officials and employees—Pensions. 2. Military pensions—United States.
I. Craig, Lee A. (Lee Allan), 1960- II. Wilson, Jack W. III. Title.
JK791.C58 2003
331.25′29135173—dc21 2002043046
A History of
Public Sector Pensions
in the United States
Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig, and Jack W. Wilson
Pension Research Council
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia
, 00front.qxd 2/27/03 9:20 AM Page iv
Copyright © 2003 The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Published by
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4011
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clark, Robert Louis, 1949-
A history of public sector pensions in the United States, / Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig,
Jack W. Wilson.
p. cm.
“Pension Research Council publications.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8122-3714-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. United States—Officials and employees—Pensions. 2. Military pensions—United States.
I. Craig, Lee A. (Lee Allan), 1960- II. Wilson, Jack W. III. Title.
JK791.C58 2003
331.25′29135173—dc21 2002043046