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Further Analysis of the EBRI DB vs. DC Plan Study

"As anyone who has worked with employment-based retirement plans knows, individual participant outcomes can vary widely based on a complex combination of decisions by both those that sponsor the plans and the individual workers who are eligible to participate in them, as well as a host of external factors (notably the investment markets) that lie outside their control. The EBRI report took pains to not only select but to explain the key assumptions in our analysis. As it turns out, the analysis highlighted a number of circumstances in which traditional pensions (where offered) could produce a higher benefit at retirement -- and some in which 401(k)s were superior in that regard."

Stats on Retirement Plan Coverage Require Careful Assessment

"One of the most commonly cited data points about retirement is that 'only about half of working Americans are covered by a workplace retirement plan.' ... The data point is relatively simple math: the number of workers who say they participated in a workplace retirement plan divided by the total number of workers. But when you take a closer look at the numbers, it's not really that straightforward -- especially since there are various types of workers, and that makes a huge difference in retirement coverage."