My analysis is
a simulation of pension benefits based on the parameters of Ohio's defined - benefit pension plan for teachers (as described by Costrell and Podgursky) applied to workforce participation histories in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY).
Not exact matches
My
simulation calculates the retirement
benefits that would accrue to teachers in the Ohio
pension plan whose patterns
of employment in the Ohio public schools match those
of the NLSY respondents.
The
simulation indicates that the average man who retires at 55 will receive a
pension benefit worth 23 percent
of his lifetime earnings, as compared to 19 percent for the average woman.
The
simulation indicates that if women were to receive an additional four percent
of lifetime earnings in
pension benefits, it would be worth roughly $ 70,000 in 2014 dollars — more than the maximum annual teacher salary in the typical Ohio school district.