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An issue brief published in March by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College wonders whether public workers with access to a pension plan modify other kinds of saving based on their projected pension income.

Although there is wide public support for pension plans in general, earlier research from CRR shows that some plans are so poorly funded, they may not be able to pay retirees the full benefits they are owed, CRR found.

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