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Aldeman, Chad – Bellwether Education Partners, 2019
Today, nine out of 10 Americans age 65 and older depend on Social Security benefits to lead a comfortable and secure retirement. Among all Americans over age 65, Social Security makes up more than half of their household income. This brief outlines the history of Social Security benefits in the public sector, describes the safe harbor rule and how…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Federal Programs, Public Policy
Costrell, Robert M.; Podgursky, Michael – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2009
While it is generally understood that defined benefit pension systems concentrate benefits on career teachers and impose costs on mobile teachers, there has been very little analysis of the magnitude of these effects. The authors develop a measure of implicit redistribution of pension wealth among teachers at varying ages of separation. Compared…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Retirement Benefits, Faculty Mobility, Costs
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Tran, Doannie; Huang, Elsie – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
Limited information exists on how early career teachers, particularly those in "Generation Y", feel about the pension system and potential reforms to the pension system. This paper presents an analysis of the appeal of different aspects of pension plans; their influence on charter versus traditional public school teachers; and how…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Teacher Retirement, Public School Teachers, Retirement Benefits
Costrell, Robert M.; Podgursky, Michael J. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2007
Defined Benefit pension plans often generate odd time patterns of benefits. One typical pattern exhibits low accrual in early years, accelerating in mid-late years, followed by dramatic decline, or even negative returns in years that are relatively young for retirement. We consider four states for specific analysis: Arkansas, Missouri, California…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Retirement, Incentives, Teacher Retirement
National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2010
Working with Richard Ingersoll, professor of Education and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) examined and analyzed data from the "Schools and Staffing Survey" (SASS), the largest and most comprehensive source of data on teachers, gathered from a nationally…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Retirement, Baby Boomers, Retirement Benefits
Costrell, Robert M.; Podgursky, Michael – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2007
Defined Benefit pension plans often generate odd time patterns of benefits. One typical pattern exhibits low accrual in early years, accelerating in mid-late years, followed by dramatic decline, or even negative returns in years that are relatively young for retirement. We consider four states for specific analysis: Arkansas, Missouri, California…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Audits (Verification), Personnel Policy