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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The Public Pension Crisis Is An Especially Big Threat To Women
Women are the largest group enrolled in troubled pension systems.
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New York City’s Pension Debt Could Push It to Bankruptcy
Nearly 75 percent of the city’s $197.8 billion deficit is due to pension and other retirement liabilities.
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Learning from Rhode Island’s Pension Reform: What Did it Teach Us About Worker Retention?
If reduced pension benefits prompted highly-skilled workers to separate sooner and choose other employment options, it would be an issue for policymakers to evaluate among the potential tradeoffs.
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Two State Reports Suggest Fixes for Georgia TRS, But Are They Enough?
The Teachers Retirement System needs comprehensive reforms to ensure its long-term viability.
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Analysis of Georgia House Bill 109 and Its Impacts on Georgia TRS Solvency
How the bill would alter the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia's key indicators, such as normal cost, actuarially accrued liability, and employer contribution rate projections over the next 20 years.
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Pennsylvania Commission’s Recommendations For the State’s $60 Billion Pension Debt
"Without full annual funding, none of the following recommendations will be sufficient to ensure the availability of retirement benefits for future generations of public servants."
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Gov. Kemp’s Promised Raises for Teachers Come With Hidden Costs
Pay increases are just one part of the compensation and pension system equation.
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California Voters Approve Tax Increases for Public Services, But Pension Payments and Debt May Eat the Money
Local governments say increased taxes are a path for increased public services, but the money is going to have to go to pension payments.
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Teacher Pension Debt Undermines Public Education in Georgia
Georgia’s political leaders owe it to parents and students to resolve the pension system’s solvency challenges.
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Reviewing Recent Research on How Pension Reform Affects Public Sector Recruitment and Retention
There is a lack of any robust empirical evidence to support such a claim, as evidenced by a review of recent articles that discuss the consequences of retirement benefit changes for public service recruitment and retention.
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Georgia’s Teacher Pension Plan Is Facing Significant Financial Risk
The pension system currently has $24.8 billion in unfunded pension liabilities according to its latest actuarial valuation.
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Pension Reform Helps Improve Michigan’s Credit Rating
Pension reform cited as one of the major reasons for the credit rating increase in Michigan.
