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Ni, Shawn; Podgursky, Michael; Wang, Xiqian – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2020
Many states enhanced benefits in teacher retirement plans during the 1990s. This paper examines the school staffing effects of one such enhancement in a major urban school district with mostly high poverty schools. Pension rule changes in 1999 for St. Louis public school teachers resulted in very large increases in pension wealth for active…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Retirement, Retirement Benefits
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Yeung, W. Jean; Xu, Zhenhua – Social Indicators Research, 2012
China's oldest old population is estimated to quadruple by 2050. Yet, poverty rate for the oldest old has been the highest among all age groups in China. This paper investigates the relationship between economic stress, quality of life, and mortality among the oldest-old in China. Both objective economic hardships and perceived economic strain are…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Poverty, Income, Mortality Rate
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Wiatrowski, William J. – Monthly Labor Review, 2001
In recent years, legislative changes, new types of retirement plans, and increases in life expectancy have led to differences in retirement ages. More older adults continue to work. The traditional model of social security, savings, and employer retirement benefits is changing. (Contains 31 notes and references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Age, Older Workers, Population Trends, Retirement
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
The General Accounting Office examined retirement age trends in the private sector to assist the Congress in its effort to devise a retirement system for Federal employees. The Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) was identified as a source of information about private sector retirement patterns. March 1974, 1979, and 1984 data were…
Descriptors: Age, Early Retirement, Employment Patterns, Middle Aged Adults
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Gravois, Jim – Public Libraries, 1995
Summarizes results of a 1993 survey of Southeastern Library Association members to find out if librarians are covered by pension programs, and if they are using tax-deferred savings plans for retirement. Discusses librarian participation in employer-sponsored retirement plans and voluntary savings programs, and compares survey results based on…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Analysis, Employee Assistance Programs, Librarians
Institute for Research in Social Behavior, Berkeley, CA. – 1980
Retirement plans and concerns of tenured faculty 40 years old and older were evaluated in 1979. For the sample of 26 member institutions of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, 1,193 faculty members returned usable questionnaires. The evaluation focused on the following: characteristics of the faculty respondents, current circumstances…
Descriptors: Age, College Faculty, Economic Factors, Educational Finance