The effects of political competition on the generosity of public-sector pension plans

S Bagchi - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019 - Elsevier
In politically competitive jurisdictions, there can be strong electoral incentives to increase the
generosity of public pensions and simultaneously, to not fund them fully, in order to keep …

The Pension Pac-Man: How Pension Debt Eats Away at Teacher Salaries.

C Aldeman - Bellwether Education Partners, 2016 - ERIC
Why aren't teacher salaries rising? This puzzle can be explained by three trends eating into
teachers' take-home pay: rising health care costs, declining student/teacher ratios, and rising …

[BOOK][B] Essays on the political economy of subnational public finances

WER Buenfil - 2017 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation is comprised of three essays addressing the connections between
democracy and public finance at the subnational level. Chapter 2 focuses on variation within …

Fully Funded Pensions: State and Local Governments Should Immediately Budget for the Pension Costs of Pay Raises

JB Forman, MJ Sabin - Challenge, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Fully Funded Pensions: State and Local Governments Should Immediately Budget
for the Pension Costs of Pay Raises Skip to Main Content Taylor and Francis Online …

[BOOK][B] Political Economy of Subnational Institutions: Essays on Subnational Institutional Framework, Public Policies and Their Impact on Economic Outcomes

RR Gonzalez - 2019 - search.proquest.com
The dissertation will be composed of essays exploring the consequences of institutional
arrangements on several local outcomes (violence and crime, pension funding, public …

[PDF][PDF] Hidden Penalties

C Aldeman - 2015 - teacherpensions.org
Each fall, without fail, media outlets report stories of local teachers who spend money out of
their own pockets to buy materials for their classrooms. According to a widely cited study by …