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Presence Formerly Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Josh B. McGee

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (2015–2017); Office of Education (2024); American Institutes for Research (2024); Arkansas Department of Education (2010–2023); Arnold Ventures (2012–2018); Rice University (2013)

Formerly Arkansas Affiliated with University of Arkansas through 2024; recent publications list Arkansas Department of Education.

Faculty Researcher

9 h-index 54 pubs 379 cited

  • Rural Population
  • Data Collection
  • Health Maintenance Organizations
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • United States
  • Urban Population

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Josh B. McGee's research focuses on the labor market, particularly concerning educators and the impact of various factors on their career decisions and job satisfaction. He has investigated teachers' willingness to pay for retirement benefits through national experiments and examined the influence of COVID-19 on teachers' decisions to remain in the classroom or consider early retirement. His work also explores the broader implications of pandemic-related shifts in the teacher labor market. McGee has studied the value of college athletics in the labor market using resume audit field experiments and analyzed the effect of school district consolidation on student achievement in Arkansas. His scholarship is supported by collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Robert M. Costrell, and Sarah C. McKenzie.

With an h-index of 9 and 379 total citations across 54 publications, McGee's recent work includes studies on pandemic impacts on teachers, retirement benefits, and the labor market value of college athletics. He has also published on school district consolidation and financial incentives related to teacher attrition. His research interests extend to understanding how specific details in compensation and benefits can influence employee decisions.

Metrics

  • h-index: 9
  • Publications: 54
  • Citations: 379

Selected Publications

  • Educators’ Job Burnout and Intentions to Leave During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2025)
  • Looking Back and Moving Forward: COVID-19’s Impact on the Teacher Labor Market and Implications for the Future (2024)
    Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Recent Research on Teacher Pension Funding, Benefits, and Policy Debates (2022)
  • The Value of College Athletics in the Labor Market: Results from a Resume Audit Field Experiment (2022)
    Journal of Sports Economics 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Effect of School District Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence From Arkansas (2022)
    Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pandemic prompts more teachers to consider early retirement or new career (2021)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Simulating Transportation Practices in Multi-Indenture Multi-echelon (MIME) Systems (2005)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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