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Goldhaber, Dan; Holden, Kristian L.; Grout, Cyrus – Educational Researcher, 2019
Longitudinal administrative data generated by public education systems in the United States have become increasingly available and have tremendous potential to inform policy research. While it is tempting to take the accuracy of administrative data for granted, there are reasons why researchers should approach these data with a degree of caution.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Utilization, Data Analysis, Error Patterns
Backes, Ben; Goldhaber, Dan; Grout, Cyrus; Koedel, Cory; Ni, Shawn; Podgursky, Michael; Xiang, P. Brett; Xu, Zeyu – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2016
Most public school teachers in the United States are enrolled in defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Using administrative micro data from four states, combined with national pension funding data, we show these plans have accumulated substantial unfunded liabilities -- effectively debt -- owing to previous plan operations. On average across 49…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Retirement Benefits, Teacher Retirement, Age Differences