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Are Teacher Pensions "Hazardous" For Schools?, Patten Priestley Mahler
Are Teacher Pensions "Hazardous" For Schools?, Patten Priestley Mahler
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
I use a detailed panel of data and a unique modeling specification to explore how public schoolteachers respond to the incentives embedded in North Carolina’s retirement system. Like most public-sector retirement plans, North Carolina’s teacher pension implicitly encourages teachers to continue working until they are eligible for their pension benefits, and then leave soon afterward. I find that teachers with higher levels of quality, as measured by a teacher’s value-added to her students’ achievement test scores, are more responsive to the “pull” of teacher pensions. Younger teachers, those with higher salaries, and nonwhite teachers are also more likely to stay …
School-To-Work Programs To Facilitate Youth Employment And Learning, Kevin Hollenbeck
School-To-Work Programs To Facilitate Youth Employment And Learning, Kevin Hollenbeck
Kevin Hollenbeck
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Bridging The Gap, Kevin Hollenbeck
School-To-Work Programs To Facilitate Youth Employment And Learning, Kevin Hollenbeck
School-To-Work Programs To Facilitate Youth Employment And Learning, Kevin Hollenbeck
Employment Research Newsletter
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