This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Activity Details

579 * ! Wed, 8/4/2010, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-16 (East)
Statistical Analysis on Incentives and Performance of K--12 Teachers — Topic Contributed Papers
Business and Economic Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Shawn Ni, University of Missouri
Chair(s): Shawn Ni, University of Missouri
2:05 PM The Link Between Pensions and Retirement Timing: Lessons from California Teachers — Kristine Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:25 PM Teacher Pension Incentives, Retirement Behavior, and Potential for Reform in Arkansas — Robert M. Costrell, University of Arkansas ; Josh McGee, University of Arkansas
2:45 PM Estimating a Dynamic Discrete Choice on Teachers' Retirement Decision — Shawn Ni, University of Missouri ; Michael Podgursky , University of Missouri
3:05 PM Teacher Pay for Performance: Experimental Evidence from Nashville's Project on Incentives in Teaching — Matthew G. Springer, Vanderbilt University ; Dale Ballou, Vanderbilt University ; J.R. Lockwood, RAND Corporation ; Daniel F. McCaffrey, RAND Corporation
3:25 PM Floor Discussion



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