Jen Sidorova
Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation
Jen Sidorova is a Policy Analyst at the Reason Foundation.
Her areas of expertise include technology policy, pension reform, recruitment and retention of public sector employees and housing regulation.
Sidorova's work has been published in the Buffalo News, Governing and Fox News, The Washington Times, Orange County Register, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NJ.com,
Jens recent academic work has been presented at panels at the 45th APPAM Fall Research Conference, The 2024 Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS), as well as International Studies Association 2024 Annual Convention.
Her recent chapter on "Military cybercapacity: measures, drivers and effects" was published in Research Handbook of Cyberwarfare.
Her policy analysis has been featured by Equable, Carolina Journal, The Foundation for Economic Education, and Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
Her latest film on rent regulation “Shabbification: The Story of Rent Control” is featured at the Anthem Film Festival in Las Vegas.
Sidorova holds Master of Arts degrees in economics and political science from Stony Brook University. She is an alumni of Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship at the Mercatus Center, as well as Cybersecurity Summer Institute at Georgia Tech.
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California’s public pension debt grows
CalPERS’ unfunded liabilities roughly translate to over $4,000 in debt for every Californian.
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More portable retirement plans would help public employers attract and keep workers
Government employers need meet the demands of today's workers by introducing more portable retirement options and addressing the long vesting requirements of many plans.
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Data analysis suggests privacy legislation may make the internet less user-friendly
Survey data shows that EU citizens may experience friction from the GDPR in using the Internet for simple tasks, and Americans should take note.
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New York shifts more public pension costs to taxpayers
New York's state budget reversed several major pension reforms enacted in 2012.
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As public pension plans take risks, SEC wants more transparency from private equity funds
The race for higher yields and the increased volatility that comes with it can threaten the fiscal health of public pension plans.
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Jacksonville’s public pension reform helps the city get an improved credit rating
Moody’s cited the closing of three pension plans to new employees as a factor for the credit rating improvement.
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Alaska’s public pension reforms didn’t result in higher teacher turnover rates
Research on Alaska's public pension reforms suggests defined contribution plans may improve the retention of teachers in their first few years.
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New York teachers’ pension plan lowers investment expectations
The fully funded pension plan is set to lower its assumed rate of investment return from 7.1% to 6.95%
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New York state’s new pension investment assumptions will help plan funding
Pension plans across the country should follow New York's lead and adjust their investment assumptions to be more in line with historical performance and market forecasts.
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Georgia’s pension plans pose financial risks to public employees, taxpayers
Without reform, payments on Georgia's pension debt will continue to take funds away from other public priorities like K-12 education and infrastructure.
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Private equity investments continue to pose challenges for public pension plans
Ohio and Pennsylvania's teacher pension plans are paying high investment management fees for private equity assets that bring in lower investment returns than the rest of their portfolio.
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New York wisely lowers the state’s assumed rate of return for public pension investments
The plan’s new assumed rate of investment return of 5.9 percent will be the second-lowest investment return assumption among the country’s 130 largest state and local pension plans.
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Public Pensions Shouldn’t Prioritize Political and Social Goals Over Investment Returns
Policymakers should avoid making political statements with pension funds and instead focus on fulfilling the promises made to retirees.
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Do Public Workers Set Aside Additional Retirement Savings When Their Pension Plan’s Debt Grows?
A new study finds that public workers do not increase their personal savings when the fiscal health of their pension plan is in decline.
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Census Bureau Finds State and Local Pension Contributions Come Up Short
Only 76.1 percent of surveyed pension plans paid their full actuarially determined contribution in 2019, according to Census Bureau data.
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USPS Needs Policy Change, Not a Bailout, to Fix Pension Problems and Debt
The United States Postal Service has amassed $120 billion in unfunded pension and other post-employment benefits liabilities.
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Mississippi Public Pension Plan Faces Risks and Funding Challenges
Overly optimistic investment return assumptions have been the largest contributor to the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi growing unfunded liability.
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Public Pension Plans Won’t Be Able to Invest Their Way Out of Financial Losses, Unfunded Liabilities
The long-term outlook for some public pension plans is beginning to look even worse and is calling out for pension reforms.