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To address chronic underfunding problems, the Louisiana state legislature replaced the traditional pension for state government employees with a cash balance plan, but the courts invalidated the measure. This report assesses how employees would fare under that reform. Results show that a slight majority would do worse in the cash balance plan than the existing plan, but about three-fourths would fare better under an alternative reform that extends Social Security to state employees and provides a smaller cash balance plan.