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?In Private Pensions and Employee Mobility, Sahin uses the individual as the unit of analysis in his study of private pension plans. This is different from other, more conventional methods of analuysis that use the organization as the focal point. . . . Pensions affect individual workers, employers and society as a whole. To gain an understanding of the extent to which these three classes are affected, Sahin uses an analytical model that considers factors such as inflation, job mobility, portability of funds and vesting rules. Because the individual is the unit of analysis that Sahin uses, his model is able to aid the individual in career decisions with regard to pension benefits. In addition, the model is able to help the employer maximize the efficiency of the human resources function. From a public policy standpoint, the model can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the private pension system in general. The book includes an introduction to terms such as pension coverage, portability, and vesting; a brief overview of various types of pension plans; and a discussion of the United States and Canada. The book also contains sections on worklife perspective, plan perspective and a case study on private pension plans.?-Personnel Administrators

In Private Pensions and Employee Mobility, Sahin uses the individual as the unit of analysis in his study of private pension plans. This is different from other, more conventional methods of analuysis that use the organization as the focal point. . . . Pensions affect individual workers, employers and society as a whole. To gain an understanding of the extent to which these three classes are affected, Sahin uses an analytical model that considers factors such as inflation, job mobility, portability of funds and vesting rules. Because the individual is the unit of analysis that Sahin uses, his model is able to aid the individual in career decisions with regard to pension benefits. In addition, the model is able to help the employer maximize the efficiency of the human resources function. From a public policy standpoint, the model can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the private pension system in general. The book includes an introduction to terms such as pension coverage, portability, and vesting; a brief overview of various types of pension plans; and a discussion of the United States and Canada. The book also contains sections on worklife perspective, plan perspective and a case study on private pension plans. -Personnel Administrators Sahin's model shows that most forms of private pensions tend to discourage mobility. By assuming the economic conditions and levels of mobility, Sahin is able to provide calculations to support his argument. His model allows him to explore a wide variety of issues in the field of pensions, from plan types to vesting rules. Private Pensions and Employee Mobility provides a framework for analyzing decisions on policy affecting this timely issue. -Monthly Labor Review The traditional approach to determining pension benefit obligations is to look at a firm and predict economic influences on that firm. This methodology assumes that employees stay with one employer at a particular salary progression and vesting schedule. A new angle to figuring pension benefit obligations is to base assumptionns on the worker, not the firm. The individual is tracked through a lifetime of employment and participation in several different plans. This methodology takes into account the likelihood of numerous job changes, which greatly influence the size of an obligation. Mobility has an effect on salary and benefit levels, vesting, Social Security and, thus, benefit obligations. -Employee Benefits Journal ?Sahin's model shows that most forms of private pensions tend to discourage mobility. By assuming the economic conditions and levels of mobility, Sahin is able to provide calculations to support his argument. His model allows him to explore a wide variety of issues in the field of pensions, from plan types to vesting rules. Private Pensions and Employee Mobility provides a framework for analyzing decisions on policy affecting this timely issue.?-Monthly Labor Review ?The traditional approach to determining pension benefit obligations is to look at a firm and predict economic influences on that firm. This methodology assumes that employees stay with one employer at a particular salary progression and vesting schedule. A new angle to figuring pension benefit obligations is to base assumptionns on the worker, not the firm. The individual is tracked through a lifetime of employment and participation in several different plans. This methodology takes into account the likelihood of numerous job changes, which greatly influence the size of an obligation. Mobility has an effect on salary and benefit levels, vesting, Social Security and, thus, benefit obligations.?-Employee Benefits Journal ?In Private Pensions and Employee Mobility, Sahin uses the individual as the unit of analysis in his study of private pension plans. This is different from other, more conventional methods of analuysis that use the organization as the focal point. . . . Pensions affect individual workers, employers and society as a whole. To gain an understanding of the extent to which these three classes are affected, Sahin uses an analytical model that considers factors such as inflation, job mobility, portability of funds and vesting rules. Because the individual is the unit of analysis that Sahin uses, his model is able to aid the individual in career decisions with regard to pension benefits. In addition, the model is able to help the employer maximize the efficiency of the human resources function. From a public policy standpoint, the model can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the private pension system in general. The book includes an introduction to terms such as pension coverage, portability, and vesting; a brief overview of various types of pension plans; and a discussion of the United States and Canada. The book also contains sections on worklife perspective, plan perspective and a case study on private pension plans.?-Personnel Administrators

?In Private Pensions and Employee Mobility, Sahin uses the individual as the unit of analysis in his study of private pension plans. This is different from other, more conventional methods of analuysis that use the organization as the focal point. . . . Pensions affect individual workers, employers and society as a whole. To gain an understanding of the extent to which these three classes are affected, Sahin uses an analytical model that considers factors such as inflation, job mobility, portability of funds and vesting rules. Because the individual is the unit of analysis that Sahin uses, his model is able to aid the individual in career decisions with regard to pension benefits. In addition, the model is able to help the employer maximize the efficiency of the human resources function. From a public policy standpoint, the model can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the private pension system in general. The book includes an introduction to terms such as pension coverage, portability, and vesting; a brief overview of various types of pension plans; and a discussion of the United States and Canada. The book also contains sections on worklife perspective, plan perspective and a case study on private pension plans.?-Personnel Administrators ?Sahin's model shows that most forms of private pensions tend to discourage mobility. By assuming the economic conditions and levels of mobility, Sahin is able to provide calculations to support his argument. His model allows him to explore a wide variety of issues in the field of pensions, from plan types to vesting rules. Private Pensions and Employee Mobility provides a framework for analyzing decisions on policy affecting this timely issue.?-Monthly Labor Review ?The traditional approach to determining pension benefit obligations is to look at a firm and predict economic influences on that firm. This methodology assumes that employees stay with one employer at a particular salary progression and vesting schedule. A new angle to figuring pension benefit obligations is to base assumptionns on the worker, not the firm. The individual is tracked through a lifetime of employment and participation in several different plans. This methodology takes into account the likelihood of numerous job changes, which greatly influence the size of an obligation. Mobility has an effect on salary and benefit levels, vesting, Social Security and, thus, benefit obligations.?-Employee Benefits Journal Sahin's model shows that most forms of private pensions tend to discourage mobility. By assuming the economic conditions and levels of mobility, Sahin is able to provide calculations to support his argument. His model allows him to explore a wide variety of issues in the field of pensions, from plan types to vesting rules. Private Pensions and Employee Mobility provides a framework for analyzing decisions on policy affecting this timely issue. -Monthly Labor Review The traditional approach to determining pension benefit obligations is to look at a firm and predict economic influences on that firm. This methodology assumes that employees stay with one employer at a particular salary progression and vesting schedule. A new angle to figuring pension benefit obligations is to base assumptionns on the worker, not the firm. The individual is tracked through a lifetime of employment and participation in several different plans. This methodology takes into account the likelihood of numerous job changes, which greatly influence the size of an obligation. Mobility has an effect on salary and benefit levels, vesting, Social Security and, thus, benefit obligations. -Employee Benefits Journal In Private Pensions and Employee Mobility, Sahin uses the individual as the unit of analysis in his study of private pension plans. This is different from other, more conventional methods of analuysis that use the organization as the focal point. . . . Pensions affect individual workers, employers and society as a whole. To gain an understanding of the extent to which these three classes are affected, Sahin uses an analytical model that considers factors such as inflation, job mobility, portability of funds and vesting rules. Because the individual is the unit of analysis that Sahin uses, his model is able to aid the individual in career decisions with regard to pension benefits. In addition, the model is able to help the employer maximize the efficiency of the human resources function. From a public policy standpoint, the model can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the private pension system in general. The book includes an introduction to terms such as pension coverage, portability, and vesting; a brief overview of various types of pension plans; and a discussion of the United States and Canada. The book also contains sections on worklife perspective, plan perspective and a case study on private pension plans. -Personnel Administrators

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IZZET SAHIN is Max H. Karl Research Professor at the School of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. In the area of pensions he has published extensively in various journals and conducted a number of studies for the Royal Commission on the Status of Pensions in Ontario (1978-79), Government of Ontario (1981-82), and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (1985).

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