US - In 1992, employer-provided pensions accounted for about 20% of the total wealth of middle-income households aged 51-61, second only to Social Security, according to new research by the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College.
However, many workers still lack pension coverage. After increasing sharply in the post-World War II period, the percentage of the private sector workforce covered by an employer-sponsored pension ...
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