Research

• Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky, Fangda Wang. How Much Are Pubic School Teachers Willing to Pay for Their Retirement Benefits? Comment. American Economics Journal: Policy. Forthcoming

• Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky, Xiquan Wang. Teacher Pension Enhancements and Staffing in an Urban School District. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. Forthcoming

• Shawn Ni, Wei Kong, Michael Podgursky. Teacher Pension Plan Incentives, Retirement Decisions, and Workforce Quality. Journal of Human Resources. (2022) 57(1), 272-303.

• Dongwoo Kim, Cory Koedel, Wei Kong, Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky, Weiwei Wu. Pensions and Late-Career Teacher Retention. Education Finance and Policy 16 (Winter 2021), 42-65.

• Michael Podgursky, Kevin Hesla, Susan Pendergrass. “Pensions Under Pressure: Charter Innovation in Teacher Retirement Benefits.” Education Next. (Spring, 2017), 9-15.

• Kim, Dongwoo, Cory Koedel, Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky. Labor Market Frictions and Production Efficiency in Public Schools. Economics of Education Review. 60 (2017), 54-67.

• Ben Backes, Dan Goldhaber, Cyrus Grout, Cory Koedel, Shawn Ni, Michael Podgursky, P. Brett Xiang, Zebu Xu. Benefit or Burden? On the Intergenerational Inequity of Teacher Pension Plans. Educational Researcher. (Aug/Sept, 2016) 45(6), 367-377.

• Shawn Ni and Michael Podgursky. How Teachers Respond to Pension System Incentives: New Estimates and Policy Applications. Journal of Labor Economics (Fall, 2016) 34(4), 1075-1104.

• Cory Koedel, Mark Ehlert, Eric Parsons, Michael Podgursky. “Selecting Growth Measures for Use in School Evaluation Systems: Should Proportionality Matter?” Educational Policy. (2016) 30(3), 465-500.

• Cory Koedel, Mark Ehlert, Eric Parsons, Michael Podgursky. “Teacher Preparation Programs and Teacher Quality: Are There Real Differences Across Programs?” Education Finance and Policy. (2015) 10 (4), 508-534.

• Eric Parsons, C. Koedel, M. Podgursky, M. Ehlert, P.B. Xiang. “Incorporating End-of-Course Exam Timing into Educational Performance Evaluations.” Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 8 (2015), 130-147.

• Michael Podgursky. Reforming Educator Compensation. Dallas: George W. Bush Institute. (Feb. 2014).

• Cory Koedel, S. Ni, M. Podgursky. 2014 “Who Benefits from Pension Enhancements?” Education Finance and Policy. 9(2).

• M. Ehlert, C. Koedel, E. Parsons, M. Podgursky. (2014) “Choosing the Right Growth Measure“. Education Next. 14 (2) (Spring)

• C. Koedel, S. Ni, M. Podgursky, P. Xiang. (2014) ” Missouri Charter Schools and Teacher Pension Plans: How Well Do Existing Pension Plans Serve Charter and Urban Teachers?” Kauffman Foundation (February).

• M. Ehlert, C. Koedel, E. Parsons, M. Podgursky (2013). “The Sensitivity of Value-Added Estimates to Specification Adjustments: Evidence from School- and Teacher-Level Models in Missouri.” Statistics and Public Policy, 1, 19-27.

• M. Roza and M. Podgursky. (2013) “Teacher Retirement Benefits: Defining a More Active Role for SEAs and Their Chiefs.” in B. Gross and A. Jochim (eds) Prioritizing Productivity. The SEA of the Future 2 (November).

• C. Koedel, S. Ni, M. Podgursky, (2013) “The School Administrator Payoff from Teacher Pensions.” Education Next. Vol. 13 No. 4 (Fall), 8-13.

• M. Podgursky. “How to Rein in Unaffordable Teacher Pension Plans.” Washington Times. August 19, 2013

• C. Koedel, M. Podgursky, S. Shi. 2013. “Teacher Pension Systems, the Composition of the Teaching Workforce, and Teacher Quality.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 32 (3), 574-596.

• M. Podgursky 2013. ” Relative Teacher Compensation in Nevada: 2013.” Reno, NV: The Catamount Fund.

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky 2011 “Fixing Teacher Pensions” Education Next. Vol. 11, No. 4 (Fall), 60-69.

• M. Podgursky and M. Springer. 2011. “Teacher Compensation Systems in the United States K-12 Public School System.” National Tax Journal Vol. 64 No. 1, 165-192.

• R.Costrell and M. Podgursky. 2011. “Educator Pension Systems Ripe for Reform,” Education Week Commentary, April 20, pages 30-31.

• Amanda Olberg and Michael Podgursky. 2011. “Charting a New Course to Retirement: How Charter Schools Handle Teacher Pensions“. Washington DC: The Fordham Institute. (June)

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky. 2011. “Reforming K-12 Educator Pensions: A Labor Market Perspective.” Policy Report. New York: TIAA-CREF Institute. (February)

• M. Podgursky 2011 “Teacher Compensation and Collective Bargaining” in E. Hanushek, S. Machin, L. Woessman (eds) Handbook of the Economics of Education. Volume 3 Amsterdam: North-Holland, pp. 279-313

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky. 2010 “Introduction to ‘Rethinking Teacher Retirement Benefit Systems‘” Education Finance and Policy. Vol 5 No. 4 (Fall), 393-401.

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky 2010 “Distribution of Benefits in Teacher Retirement Systems and Their Implications for Mobility” Education Finance and Policy. Vol. 5 No. 4 (Fall), 519-557.

• Robert M. Costrell, Richard W. Johnson, and Michael J. Podgursky 2010, “Modernizing Teacher Retirement Benefit Systems” Chapter 10 Creating a New Teaching Profession Urban Institute Press

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky 2010 “Golden Handcuffs” Education Next 10 (1) (Winter), 60-66

• M. Podgursky, 2009 “A Market-Based Perspective on Teacher Compensation Reform” Chapter 4 of Performance Incentives, Brookings Institution Press

• M. Podgursky. 2009. “Market-Based Reform of Teacher Compensation.” Issue Brief. Institute for Public School Innovation. University of Texas. (November)

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky. 2009. “Peak, Cliffs, and Valleys: The Peculiar Incentives in Teacher Retirement Systems and Their Consequences for School Staffing.” Education Finance and Policy. 4 (2): 175-211

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky. 2009. “Teacher Retirement Benefits” Education Next. 9 (2): 59-63

• M. Podgursky, J. Smith, M. Springer. 2008. “A New Defendant at the Table: An Overview of Missouri School Finance and Recent Litigation” Peabody Journal of Education 83(2): 174-107

• M. Podgursky. 2008 “Teams Versus Bureaucracies: Personnel Policy, Wage-Setting, and Teacher Quality in Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools” In Mark Berends, Matthew Springer, and Herbert Walberg (eds) Charter School Outcomes. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates pp. 61-84

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky. 2008. “Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys: The Peculiar Incentives of Teacher Pension Systems.” Education Next Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter), pp. 22-28

• M. Podgursky and M. Springer. 2008. “Teacher Performance Pay: A Survey” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 24 No. 4 (Autumn) pp. 909-949

• R. Costrell and M. Podgursky. 2007. “Golden Peaks and Perilous Cliffs: Rethinking Ohio’s Teacher Pension System.” Washington DC: Fordham Institute (June)

• M. Podgursky and M. Springer. 2006. “K-12 Public School Finance in Missouri: An Overview” Regional Economic Development. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Vol 2. No. 1., pp. 31-50

• M. Podgursky and R. Tongrut. 2006. “(Mis) Measuring the Relative Pay of Public School Teachers” Education Finance and Policy. 1(4) (Fall), pp. 425-440

• M. Podgursky. “Teacher Licensing in U.S. Public Schools: The Case for Simplicity and Flexibility.” Peabody Journal of Education. Vol. 80 No. 3 (2005), pp. 15-43.

• M. Podgursky, R. Monroe, D. Watson. 2004. “Academic Quality of Public School Teachers: An Analysis of Entry and Exit Behavior” Economics of Education Review 23, pp. 507-518

• M. Podgursky, 2004. “Improving Academic Performance in U.S. Public Schools: Why Teacher Licensing is (Almost) Irrelevant” Chapter 10 in A Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom? Harvard Education Press

• M. Podgursky, 2004. “Fringe Benefits: The AFT and NEA Teacher Salary Surveys.” Education Next, Vol 3. No. 3 pp. 71-78

• M. Podgursky, 2003. “Personnel Policy in Traditional Public, Private, and Charter Schools” NCSC Review, Vol 1. No. 1 pp. 10-14

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 2002. “Returns to Seniority among Public School Teachers” Journal of Human Resources. 37 (4) (Autumn), pp 892-912

• L. Solmon and M. Podgursky. 2001. “The Pros and Cons of Performance-Based Compensation” Pasadena, CA: Milken Family Foundation

• M. Podgursky and D. Ballou. 2001. “Personnel Policy in Charter Schools” Washington DC: Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

• M. Podgursky. 2001. “Flunking ETS” Education Matters. Vol. 1 No. 2

• M. Podgursky. 2001. “Defrocking the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards” Education Matters. Vol. 1 No. 2

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 2001. “Teacher Compensation: Let the Market Decide. A Symposium” Education Matters Vol. 1 No. 1

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 2000. “Reforming Teacher Preparation and Licensing: What is the Evidence?” Teachers College Record. Vol. 102. No. 1 (February), pp. 5-27

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 2000. “Teacher Unions and Education Reform: Gaining Control of Professional Training and Licensing” in Thomas Loveless (ed.) Conflicting Missions: Teacher Unions and Educational Reform. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Instituion, pp. 69-109

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 1999. “Reforming Teacher Training and Recruitment: A Critical Appraisal of the Recommendations of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future” Government Union Review. Vol. 17. No. 4. pp. 1-53

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 1999. “Teacher Training and Licensure: A Layman’s Guide” in Marci Kanstoroom and Chester E. Finn Jr. (eds). Better Teachers, Better Schools. Washington DC: Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, pp. 31-82

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 1998. “Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Public and Private Schools” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 17, No. 3, (June), pp. 393-417.

• D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 1998. “The Case Against Teacher Certification” Public Interest. No. 132, 17-29

• Ballou and M. Podgursky. “Recruiting Smarter Teachers.” Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Spring 1995), 326-338.

Book

D. Ballou and M. Podgursky. 1997. Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality. Kalamazoo, MI: W. E. UpJohn Institute for Employment Research.