Replication data for: Early Retirement Incentives and Student Achievement

Name	File Type	Size	Last Modified
AEJ-Replication			10/13/2019 08:00:AM
LICENSE.txt	text/plain	14.6 KB	10/13/2019 04:01:AM

Project Citation:

Fitzpatrick, Maria D., and Lovenheim, Michael F. Replication data for: Early Retirement Incentives and Student Achievement. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114865V1

Project Description

Summary: Early retirement incentives (ERIs) are increasingly prevalent in education as districts seek to close budget gaps by replacing expensive experienced teachers with lower cost newer teachers. Combined with the aging of the teacher workforce, these ERIs are likely to change the composition of teachers dramatically in the coming years. We use exogenous variation from an ERI program in Illinois in the mid-1990s to provide the first evidence in the literature of the effects of large-scale teacher retirements on student achievement. We find the program did not reduce test scores; likely, it increased them, with positive effects most pronounced in lower SES schools.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      J26 Retirement; Retirement Policies
      J45 Public Sector Labor Markets

Related Publications

Download this project

Published Versions

V1 [2019-10-13]

Export Metadata

Dublin Core

DDI 2.5

Report a Problem

Found a serious problem with the data, such as disclosure risk or copyrighted content? Let us know.

This material is distributed exactly as it arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.