Sentences with phrase «on early retirement programs»

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To determine the effect of teacher exits on students, Maria Fitzpatrick and Michael Lovenheim, both of Cornell University, took advantage of a natural experiment — a two - year early retirement program in Illinois in the early 1990s.

The aging of the nation's teacher workforce underscores the importance of studying the impact of early retirement incentive programs on student learning.

A commission chaired by the City of Chicago's Comptroller issued a report earlier this week which said that Chicago can no longer afford its subsidies for government worker retiree health care, which currently cost the city $ 109 million annually but would grow to nearly $ 500 million in a decade thanks to projected increases in the number of retirees and in health care costs.The commission offered Mayor Rahm Emanuel a series of suggestions on how to change the program to save money, including having workers pay a greater percentage of their own health care premiums in retirement, but it also concluded that the city might want to simply end the subsidy program, a move which almost certainly would be challenged in court.

Congressional staff members enrolled in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program since the earliest opportunity, in the five years preceding retirement, or for the entire period of eligibility, can continue receiving health benefits through the plan if they retire on immediate annuity.

It focuses on six key pillars that can help define security for households: jobs, early childhood programs, higher education, health care, housing, and retirement.