Robert M. Costrell
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Professor Emeritus of Educati
Also affiliated: Boston University (2004); University of Toronto (1983); University of Massachusetts Amherst (1981–2004); Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2001)
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Robert M. Costrell, Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has focused his research on the economic and incentive structures within educational systems. His work investigates how policies, particularly those related to teacher retirement systems and standards-based reform, influence educational equity and staff deployment. Costrell has published on topics such as the peculiar incentives in teacher pension systems and their consequences for school staffing, as well as the distribution of benefits in these systems and their implications for teacher mobility.
His research also examines the cost functions related to providing adequate education and the welfare implications of centralized educational standards. With a career spanning numerous publications, Costrell's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12 and over 970 citations from 80 total publications. He has collaborated with researchers such as Josh B. McGee, with whom he shares two publications.
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- h-index: 12
- Publications: 78
- Citations: 960
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Professor Emeritus of Educati publications 2008–2023University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Listing
Selected Publications
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The Three R’s of Teacher Pension Funding: Redistribution, Return, and Risk (2023)
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Recent Research on Teacher Pension Funding, Benefits, and Policy Debates (2022)
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A $19-Billion Blind Spot: State Pension Spending (2020)
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Commitment and common sense: leading education reform in Massachusetts (2019)
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Measuring the Cross-Subsidization of Teacher Pension Costs, Within and Across Generations (2017)2017 APPAM Fall Research Conference OpenAlex
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The Simple Analytics of Sustainable Pension Underfunding, 80 Percent or Otherwise (2015)2015 Fall Conference: The Golden Age of Evidence-Based Policy OpenAlex
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The Structure of Public Pensions: Costs, Contributions, and Consequences (2015)2015 Fall Conference: The Golden Age of Evidence-Based Policy OpenAlex
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- What Do Cost Functions Tell Us About the Cost of an Adequate Education?
- What Do Cost Functions Tell Us About the Cost of an Adequate Education?
- A $19-Billion Blind Spot: State Pension Spending
- A $19-Billion Blind Spot: State Pension Spending
- Recent Research on Teacher Pension Funding, Benefits, and Policy Debates
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