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Quantifying and explaining the decline in public schoolteacher retirement benefits


Abstract We estimate that, between 2000 and 2020, the average initial monthly retirement benefit for teachers retiring with 30 years of service has been reduced by 11.2%, though the decline in benefits varies substantially across the states (the median reduction in the initial benefit was 1.9%). We also find that plans covering only teachers, and plans in which teachers are not in Social Security, have made smaller reductions in the generosity of their pension benefits.
Authors Nino Abashidze University of Wyoming , Robert L. Clark ORCID , Lee A. Craig ORCID
Journal Info Wiley | Industrial Relations , vol: 62 , iss: 4 , pages: 335 - 358
Publication Date 3/17/2023
ISSN 0019-8676
TypeKeyword Image article
Open Access hybrid Hybrid Access
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12329
KeywordsKeyword Image Teacher Performance Pay (Score: 0.536308)