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Josh B. McGee

@jbmcgee.bsky.social

Economist working in education policy at University of Arkansas; former Arkansas CDO , TX PRB Chairman & philanthropy executive joshbmcgee.com

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Josh B. McGee @jbmcgee.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Check out our (w/ Roy McKenzie & @gzamarro.bsky.social ) recent blog post on Arkansas teacher retention! We're working to create interactive visuals to help tell the story at the local level. We'd love to hear what you think! oep.uark.edu/2024-25-arka...

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Josh B. McGee @jbmcgee.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

I'm honored and super excited to be moving into the UofA Ed Reform Endowed Chair in Education Accountability and Transparency as a tenured associate prof in August.

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Josh B. McGee @jbmcgee.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

We also provide evidence that in the presence of bright-line eligibility thresholds that can anchor workers’ separation behavior, commonly used structural models may overpredict workers’ responsiveness to the financial incentives embedded in retirement plans.

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Josh B. McGee @jbmcgee.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

Despite facing very diff financial incentives, teachers enrolled in TRS2 and TRS3 respond similarly when reaching a key retirement eligibility threshold. We think that teachers are likely anchoring to the eligibility thresholds, muting the influence of the financial incentives.

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Josh B. McGee @jbmcgee.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

In 1996, WA introduced a hybrid ret plan (TRS3) that reduced the value of the traditional pension and added a 401k-like component. The new plan smoothed the usual late-career jumps in pension wealth but left retirement eligibility age and service the same as the old plan (TRS2).

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