History of Public Pensions
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Clark, Craig, and Wilson state:
The federal government lagged behind the states, which in turn lagged behind a number of cities, in establishing pension plans for its workers. Decades before the states or the federal government provided civilian workers with a pension plan, several large American cities established plans for at least some of their employees. Until the first decades of the twentieth century, however, these plans were generally limited to three groups of employees: police officers, firefighters, and teachers. [1]
After World War I it became more common for states to offer pension plans to civilian state employees. In 1911, Massachusetts became the first state to offer a pension plan to general state employees [Clark, Craig, and Wilson, p. 4]
Footnotes
- ↑ A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States, Universtiy of Pennsylvania Press, 2003
