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Clark, Robert L. – Education Finance and Policy, 2010
Most public elementary and high school teachers are covered by health insurance provided by their employer while they are employed. In most cases, these health plans are managed at the state level. At retirement, teachers with sufficient years of service are allowed to remain in the health plan. Retiree health plans for teachers vary widely across…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Health Insurance, Government Employees
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Clark, Robert L.; Craig, Lee A. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
We offer a concise history of teacher retirement plans in the United States, highlighting the increase in the generosity of the plans over the past 25 years. We employ data from plans in all fifty states to estimate the impact of a set of social and economic variables on the plans' replacement rates for a hypothetical teacher. We find that, at the…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Population Growth, Retirement Benefits
Clark, Robert L. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
Most public elementary and high school teachers are covered by health insurance provided by their employer while they are employed. In most cases, these health plans are managed at the state level. At retirement, teachers with sufficient years of service are allowed to remain in the health plan. Retiree health plans for teachers vary widely across…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits
Clark, Robert L.; And Others – Research Dialogues, 1993
A study used data from the Employee Benefits Surveys conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to examine the influence of employer-provided retiree health insurance on retirement decisions. The analysis found that most coverage is similar to that of active workers but takes Medicare into consideration, and requires retiring workers to meet…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Consumer Economics, Decision Making, Faculty College Relationship