Poster: Friday Poster Session

Friday, November 9, 2012: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Liberty A & B (Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

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Health of Hud-Assisted Tenants: Early Evidence From Matched National Health Interview Survey Data
Barry Steffen, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development



The Changing Dynamics of Multiple Program Participation: 2001 to 2009
Eunhee Han, University of Wisconsin – Madison



Accomplishments and Challenges of the Federal Empowerment Zone Program: The Case of Tucson
Ljubinka Andonoska, Arizona State University



Addressing the Multiple Testing Problem In Subgroup Analysis In the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation
Daniel Gubits1, Jorgen Harris2, Meghan McCormick3 and Amy Lowenstein2, (1)Abt Associates, Inc., (2)MDRC, (3)New York University



Analytical and Informational Resources Versus Policy Beliefs: A Case Study of Climate and Energy Policies
Dallas Elgin, University of Colorado Denver



Back to School - Increases In Maternal Education Between Births and Infant Health
Christina LiCalsi-Labelle and David Figlio, Northwestern University



Becoming An Evidence-Based Program: Under-Estimated Role of Performance Management
Kristin A. Moore1, Elizabeth T. Boris2, Isaac D. Castillo3, Mary A. Terzian3 and Mary K. Winkler4, (1)Child Trends, Inc., (2)The Urban Institute, (3)Child Trends, Inc., (4)Urban Institute



Biased Nonparametric Estimates In Regression Discontinuity Designs Involving a Discrete Ratio Assignment Variable
Tim Johnson, Willamette University



Changing How People Live? An Evaluation of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
Rachel Krefetz Fyall, Indiana University



Did Affordable Housing Mandates Cause the Subprime Mortgage Crisis?
Shawn R Moulton, Abt Associates, Inc.



Does AIDS Treatment Stimulate Negative Behavioral Response? A Field Experiment In South Africa
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University



Does Foreclosure Fuel Childhood Obesity? Evidence From New York City
Sarah Cordes and Amy Schwartz, New York University



Eating Better for Less: A National Discount Program for Healthy Food Purchases In South Africa
Ruopeng An1, Deepak Patel2, Darren Segal3 and Roland Sturm1, (1)RAND Corporation, (2)University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and Discovery Health, Johannesburg, South Africa, (3)Discovery Health, Johannesburg, South Africa



Effectiveness of Credit Building Efforts In IDA Programming: Early Results
Julie Birkenmaier and Jami Curley, Saint Louis University



Effects of Obesity On Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Among Asthmatic Patients
Eric Mensah Sarpong, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality



Explaining the Decline In New York State Prison Admissions: Are Drug Courts Responsible?
Kerry Spitzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology



Family Investment Responses to Childhood Disability: Intra-Family Allocation of Resources
Maria Fernanda Rosales, University of Chicago



Health and Insurance Status of Adults Who Will Be Newly Eligible for Medicaid In 2014
Steven Hill, Salam Abdus and Julie Hudson, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality



Health Insurance In Young Adulthood: Less Instability Since the Affordable Care Act?
Bridget Lavelle, University of Michigan



Hospital Investments In High Technology and Community Services: The Role of Local Market Uninsurance
Lakshmi Balasubramanian, University of North Texas Health Science Center



Incorporating Community Health Workers to Prevent and Manage Chronic Diseases: An Effective and Affordable Model?
Ji Eun Chang1, Isha Weerasinghe2, Ephraim Shapiro2, Laura Wyatt2, Nadia Islam2, Rhodora Ursua2, April Hicks3, Sergio Matos4, Chau Trinh-shevrin2 and Mariano Rey2, (1)New York University, (2)New York University School of Medicine, (3)Do Canto Group, (4)CHW Network of NYC



Is There a Role for Alcohol Policy In the Prevention of Sexual Violence?
Caroline Lippy and Sarah DeGue, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention



Medicaid Buy-In Program Can Reduce Healthcare Expenditures Among People with Disabilities: Evidence From NY State
Arun Karpur, Cornell University and Zafar Nazarov, Cornell University- Employment and Disability Institute



Pay for Performance In the Belize Health Reform
Diana M Bowser, Brandeis University



Persistence of Kindergarteners' Advantage or Gap In Academic Achievement: Probability and Relative Risk
Nianbo Dong and Mary Wagner Fuhs, Vanderbilt University



Public Policy, Global Network and Technology Transfer: An Empirical Study On China's Wind Turbine Industry
Fang Zhang1,2, Qiang Zhi2,3, Blas Pérez Henríquez4 and Jun SU5, (1)Tufts University, (2)Tsinghua University, (3)Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;, (4)Center for Environmental Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, (5)School of Public Policy and Management,Tsinghua University



Public Transportation System Networks to Promote Energy and Environmental Efficiency In Urban and Exurban Areas
Rae Zimmerman, New York University



Reassessing Spillover Effects: A Mixed-Method Approach to Disentangling Effects of Foreclosure In Jamaica, Queens
Alnisha Maniaci, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Elyzabeth Gaumer, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development



Reorienting Regulatory Regimes: Aligning Regulations and Incentives to Support Private Party Brownfield Remediation
Adam Eckerd, Virginia Tech and Roy Heidelberg, Louisana State University



Risk Framing, Bright-Lines, and Relative Risk: Impacts On Perceptions of Risk From Arsenic In Groundwater
Madeleine M Baker-Goering1, Lori Bennear1 and Nolan Miller2, (1)Duke University, (2)University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign



Simulating Policy Change and Stasis
Samuel B Gallaher, Chris Weible and Jonathan Pierce, University of Colorado Denver



Space and Place, and the Diffusion of EPA Brownfields Program Projects Among U.S. Counties
Kris Wernstedt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Matthew Dull, Virginia Tech



Staring Down Foreclosure: Findings From a Sample of Homeowners Seeking Assistance
Shannon A. McKay, Urvi Neelakantan and Kimberly Zeuli, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond



The Distribution of Public Spending for Health Care In the United States
Didem Bernard1,2, Thomas Selden2 and Yuriy Pylypchuk3, (1)Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, (2)Social and Scientific Systems, Inc.



The Effect of Community and Household Interventions On Birth Outcomes: Evidence From Indonesia
Margaret Triyana, The University of Chicago



The Effect of Early-Life Education On Later-Life Mortality
Dan A. Black1, Yu-Chieh Hsu1 and Lowell J. Taylor2, (1)University of Chicago, (2)Carnegie Mellon University



The Grapes of Wrath: Housing Choice Vouchers and Mobility
Calvin T. Brown, Milano The New School



The Impact of Qualified Census Tract Designation On Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Development
Nichole Stewart and Marvin Mandell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County



The LONG TERM Effects of Exposure to Violence: Evidence From Colombia
Valentina Duque, Columbia / student



The Validity of Instrumental Variable Analysis In Comparative Effectiveness Research
Laura F. Garabedian1, Paula Chu1, Darren Toh2, Alan Zaslavsky3 and Stephen Soumerai2, (1)Harvard University, (2)Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, (3)Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School



Using Micro Simulation to Assess Health Outcomes Related to Marijuana Use
Mary Slaughter1, Rosalie Pacula2, Sana Loue3 and Susan Paddock1, (1)RAND Corporation, (2)Pardee RAND Graduate School, (3)Case Western Reserve University



Voluntary Disclosure of Environmental Performance: Do Public and Private Utilities Face Different Incentives/Disincentives?
Hyunhoe Bae, NC State University



Why Are Private Streets Narrower? Developers' Response to Local Street Standards
Fei Li and Zhan Guo, New York University



Long-Term Patterns of Food Insecurity and Body Mass Index In School-Aged Children: Evidence From ECLS-K
Jeong-Hee Ryu, University of Wisconsin-Madison



The Earned Income Tax Credit, Health, and Happiness
Casey Boyd-Swan1, Chris M. Herbst1, John Ifcher2 and Homa Zarghamee2, (1)Arizona State University, (2)Santa Clara University



Serving Two Masters: Profits, Outreach and Size In Community Development Financial Institutions
Andrew Trembley1, Brent Hueth2 and Steve Deller2, (1)World Bank, (2)University of Wisconsin Madison



Can a Poverty Targeted Cash Transfer Program Reduce Teen Pregnancy?
Sudhanshu Handa, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill



“Equity Consequences From the Acid Rain Allowance Trading Program”
Shuang Zhao and Evan Ringquist, Indiana University



Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Healthcare Access Issues In Medicaid Expansion
Cynthia S Cors, Virginia Commonwealth University




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