Index of Full Papers

Administrative Reform, Political Ideology, and Bureaucratic Effort: Performance Management In the Bush Administration
Stephane Lavertu, The Ohio State University, David E. Lewis, Vanderbilt University and Donald Moynihan, University of Wisconsin, Madison


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  • LLM_Effort_101512.pdf (485.0 kB)
  • When Bubbles Pop: Investment Risk and Public Pension Financing
    Vladimir Kogan, University of California San Diego


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  • 121023_Kogan_pensions.pdf (214.4 kB)
  • Do the Effects of a Strong Pre-K Program Persist Over Time?
    Carolyn Hill, William Gormley and Shirley Adelstein, Georgetown University


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  • Hill_Gormley_Adelstein prek effect persistence.pdf (623.7 kB)
  • Exploring Individual and Organizational Determinants of the Decision to Report Wrongdoing in the Federal Government
    Cecilia F. Lavena, Rutgers University, School of Public Affairs and Administration/ Doctoral Student


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  • Lavena_Manuscript_1307.doc (329.5 kB)
  • Expropriation, Inequality, and Growth: The Economic Impacts of Eminent Domain
    Daniel Chen, ETH Zurich and Susan Yeh, University of Pennsylvania


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  • EminentDomain.pdf (4.1 MB)
  • Do Policies Affect Preferences? Evidence From Random Variation In Abortion Jurisprudence
    Daniel Chen, ETH Zurich, Vardges Levonyan, Harvard University and Susan Yeh, University of Pennsylvania


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  • Abortion.pdf (1.4 MB)
  • The Effect of Active Labor Market Policies Targeted At Youth: Evidence From Catalonia
    David Casado, Federico Atilio Todeschini, Jaume Blasco and Jordi Sanz, Institut Català d'Avaluació de Polítiques Públiques


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  • PQPI.pdf (393.0 kB)
  • What Individual and Institutional Factors Affect the Licensing of University Inventions?
    Yonghong Wu, University of Illinois, Chicago, Eric Welch, University of Illinois at Chicago and Wan-Ling Huang, Tamkang University


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  • Patent licensing paper_Oct 20, 2012.pdf (137.6 kB)
  • More Information and Collaboration Could Promote Ties Between Foster Care Children and Their Incarcerated Parents
    Kay Brown, Gale Harris, Theresa Lo, Melissa Jaynes, Andrew Nelson and Miriam Hill, U.S. Government Accountability Office


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  • GAO 11-863.pdf (2.8 MB)
  • Calculating Juvenile Dependency Judicial Workload: Accounting for Practice Complexity and Hearing Quality
    Stephanie Macgill, Jesse Russell, Steve Wood and Alicia Summers, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges


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  • A New Judicial Workload Method_NCJFCJ.pdf (191.9 kB)
  • Can Homelessness Be Prevented? Evidence From New York City's Homebase Program
    Peter Messeri, Brendan O'Flaherty and Sarena Goodman, Columbia University


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  • homebase0712final.pdf (827.6 kB)
  • Does Neighborhood Quality Impact Health and Well-being? Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Demonstration
    Shawn R Moulton1, Laura Peck1 and Keri-Nicole Dillman2, (1)Abt Associates, Inc., (2)Independent


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  • MoultonPeckDillman_10-18-12.pdf (1.0 MB)
  • Unemployment Compensation's Effect On Early Childhood Development
    Sharon Kukla-Acevedo, Central Michigan University and Colleen Heflin, University of Missouri, Columbia


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  • APPAM UI and Child Outcomes 101712.pdf (395.5 kB)
  • The Effect of Immigration On the Employment of U.S. Natives: Evidence From Mexican Fertility Shocks
    Aaron Chalfin and Morris Levy, University of California, Berkeley


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  • _chalfinlevy2012.pdf (1.1 MB)
  • Using System Science Methodologies to Evaluate the Impact of the New York HIV Testing Law
    Erika G. Martin1, Roderick MacDonald2, Daniel E. Gordon3, Lou C. Smith3 and Daniel A. O'Connell3, (1)State University of New York at Albany, (2)State University of New York, Albany, (3)New York State Department of Health


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  • Martin APPAM Paper 10-16-12.pdf (328.0 kB)
  • The Social Discount Rate As a Function of Individuals' Time Preferences
    Mark Long, Richard Zerbe and Tyler Davis, University of Washington


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  • Social Discount Rate -- Long, Zerbe, and Davis.pdf (575.8 kB)
  • (Almost) Everybody Wins
    Richard Zerbe, University of Washington


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  • Almost Everybody Wins RZ.pdf (444.8 kB)
  • How Predictable Are Environmental Compliance Inspections?
    Sarah Stafford, College of William and Mary


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  • Inspection Timing Stafford APPAM draft.pdf (4.6 MB)
  • Policy Regime Perspectives: Policies and Governing
    Peter May and Ashley Jochim, University of Washington


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  • MayJochimPRegime_APPAM2012.pdf (249.1 kB)
  • Financial Aid Effectiveness During Economic Scarcity
    Rachael Walsh, US Census Bureau


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  • Walsh_FinancialAid.pdf (176.5 kB)
  • Beyond Academics: Do Small Schools have Better Learning Environments?
    Jessica Boccardo1, Amy Schwartz2, Leanna Stiefel2 and Matt Wiswall2, (1)NYU - Wagner, (2)New York University


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  • APPAM 2012_Small schools and learning environment_Boccardo_Schwartz_Stiefel and Wiswall.pdf (808.8 kB)
  • Not Under My Backyard: Geographic Proximity and Public Acceptance of CCS Facilities
    Rachel Krause1, Sanya Carley2, David C. Warren3, John Rupp2 and John Graham2, (1)University of Texas at El Paso, (2)Indiana University, (3)Indiana University, Bloomington


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  • Krause_et_al_APPAM_paper_upload.pdf (150.9 kB)
  • Changing the American Dream? Post-Recession Drivers of Preferences for Homeownership
    Rachel Bogardus Drew, University of Massachusetts, Boston and Christopher Herbert, Harvard University


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  • w12-4_drew_herbert.pdf (521.3 kB)
  • “Power of the Pill or Power of Abortion?
    Caitlin Knowles Myers, Middlebury College


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  • Power of pill or abortion.pdf (243.0 kB)
  • Back to the Future? Abortion Before & After Roe
    Ted Joyce, Baruch College, City University of New York, Ruoding Tan, Graduate Center, CUNY and Yuxiu Zhang, Yale University


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  • Abortion_Joyce1_sept_2012_share.pdf (2.4 MB)
  • "Gasb Won't Let Me": A False Objection to Public Pension Reform
    Robert Costrell, George W. Bush Institute, Southern Methodist University; University of Arkansas


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  • LJAF Policy Perspective-GASB Won't Let Me.pdf (726.2 kB)
  • Validity and Precision of the Difference-In-Difference and Comparative Interrupted Time Series Designs In Educational Evaluation
    Marie-Andree Somers1, Pei Zhu1, Robin Tepper Jacob2 and Howard Bloom1, (1)MDRC, (2)University of Michigan


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  • MDRC_CITS&DD_paper_draft_October2012.pdf (1.6 MB)
  • How Does Public Service Motivation Affect Performance In Schools?
    Lotte Bøgh Andersen1, Lene Holm Pedersen2 and Eskil Heinesen2, (1)Aarhus University, (2)Danish Institute of Governmental Research


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  • Does public service motivation affect grading_ APPAM.pdf (183.0 kB)
  • Congressional Caucuses - the Invisible Committees
    Michael McCormick, George Mason University


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  • McCormick Paper 1780 Congressional Caucuses APPAM.pdf (536.4 kB)
  • Leaving Federal Employment:  Does More Money Matter?
    Laura Langbein, American University


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  • Anatomy of Retention_LangbeinAPPAM12.pdf (319.4 kB)
  • Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Legislative Landscape: Mapping State-Level STI Legislation In the US
    Marlit Hayslett, Moon K. Kim and Elena Petrakieva, Georgia Tech Research Institute


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  • APPAM_OPAR_Landscape_Final_Paper.pdf (422.7 kB)
  • Medicaid, Medicare, MOOP and the Supplemental Measure of Elderly Poverty: Have We Lost Our Minds?
    Sanders Korenman, Baruch College and Dahlia Remler, Baruch College, City University of New York


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  • KorenmanRemlerAPPAM.pdf (445.3 kB)
  • Surveying the Aftermath of the Storm: Changes In Family Finances From 2007 to 2009
    Jesse Bricker1, Brian Bucks2, Arthur Kennickell1, Traci Mach1 and Kevin Moore3, (1)Federal Reserve Board of Governors, (2)Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, (3)Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System


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  • Paper.pdf (490.2 kB)
  • Evaluating the Pro-Poorness of Income Transfers: Does the Choice of Poverty Indicator Influence the Assessment?
    Geranda Notten, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa


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  • Intro APPAM.pdf (29.7 kB)
  • The Effect of State-Level Sex Education Policies on Youth Sexual Behaviors
    Danielle Atkins, University of Tennessee and W. David Bradford, University of Georgia


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  • Sex Education Paper 10-10-2012.pdf (762.5 kB)
  • Dynamic Participation In Interdistrict Open Enrollment
    Lesley Lavery, Macalester College and Deven Carlson, University of Wisconsin-Madison


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  • AppamFinal2012OE.pdf (356.4 kB)
  • Disparities In Principal Effectiveness
    Stuart Buck, Laura and John Arnold Foundation


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  • Buck Principal Value-added paper.pdf (310.2 kB)
  • The Los Angeles Unified School District Public School Choice Initiative: Early Impacts On Student Achievement
    Susan Bush, Tracey Weinstein, Ayesha Hashim, Katharine O. Strunk and Julie A. Marsh, University of Southern California


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  • LAUSD PSCI Year 1 Outcomes_Strunk et al_101912.pdf (785.6 kB)
  • Development, Diversion, or Discouragement? A New Framework and Evidence On the Effects of College Remediation
    Judith Scott-Clayton, Teachers College, Columbia Univ. and Olga Rodriguez, Community College Research Center


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  • Scott-ClaytonRodriguez_2012_w18328_DDDRemediation.pdf (815.1 kB)
  • The Forgotten Summer: Does the Offer of Summer Counseling Mitigate Attrition Among College-Intending High-School Graduates?
    Benjamin Castleman1, Lindsay Page1 and Korynn Schooley2, (1)Harvard University, (2)Fulton County Schools


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  • Castleman Page Schooley - TFS - FINAL.pdf (565.0 kB)
  • Does the Model Matter? Exploring the Relationship Between Different Student Achievement-Based Teacher Assessments
    Dan Goldhaber1, Joseph Walch1 and Brian Gabele2, (1)University of Washington, (2)Seattle Public Schools


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  • Does the Model Matter-non working paper.pdf (1.2 MB)
  • Methods for Accounting for Co-Teaching in Value-Added Models
    Heinrich Hock and Eric Isenberg, Mathematica Policy Research


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  • Hock-Isenberg_2012_acct_co-teaching_wp.pdf (541.9 kB)
  • Permanent Income and the Black-White Test Score Gap
    Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and Nathan Wozny, Mathematica Policy Research


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  • rothstein_wozny_june2012.pdf (1.6 MB)
  • Implementation of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment Initiative In Four States
    Eileen Poe-Yamagata, IMPAQ International, LLC and Kim Morigeau, Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation


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  • Evaluation of REA.pdf (1.3 MB)
  • Targeted Business Incentives and Local Labor Markets
    Matthew Freedman, Cornell University


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  • Freedman_TX_Web.pdf (731.0 kB)
  • Measuring the Benefits of Homeowning: Effects On Children Redux
    Gary Painter1, Richard Green1 and Michelle J. White2, (1)University of Southern California, (2)University of California, San Diego


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  • 11693_RIHA_Children_Report.pdf (1.8 MB)
  • The Equity and Effectiveness of a Market-Based Intervention for Increasing Student Achievement Under NCLB
    Carolyn Heinrich1, Patricia E. Burch2, Annalee G. Good3, Hiren Nisar4, Mary S. Stewart3, Marcus Dillender1, Huiping Cheng3 and Rudy Acosta2, (1)University of Texas at Austin, (2)University of Southern California, (3)University of Wisconsin-Madison, (4)Abt Associates, Inc.


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  • OST Tutoring SESIQ2_10-3-2012.pdf (1.1 MB)
  • Unexplored Male Adolescent Sexual Behaviors and Teenage Pregnancy In Mexico
    Marcela Torres and Patricia Murrieta, Universidad de Guadalajara / University of Texas at Austin


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  • Extended Abstract_Unexplored male risky sexual behaviors & teenage pregnancy in Mexico_APPAM 2012.pdf (568.2 kB)
  • Reading to Learn? Experimental Evidence From Kenya and Uganda
    Adrienne M. Lucas, University of Delaware, Patrick McEwan, Wellesley College, Moses Ngware, African Population and Health Research Center and Moses Oketch, University of London


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  • lucas_mcewan_ngware_oketch_rtl_20121019.pdf (366.6 kB)
  • Failures: Diffusion, Learning, and Policy Abandonment
    Craig Volden, University of Virginia


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  • Failures121019.pdf (224.5 kB)
  • Accelerating Commercialization: The New Model of Strategic Foundations
    Maryann Feldman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Alexandra Graddy-Reed, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill


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  • AcceleratingCommercialization_9-7.pdf (536.9 kB)
  • Small Cues Change Savings Choices
    James Choi1, Emily Haisley2, Jennifer Kurkoski3 and Cade Massey1, (1)Yale University, (2)Barclays Bank, (3)Google Inc.


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  • Cues 121002.pdf (450.1 kB)
  • Information Constraints and Financial Aid Policy
    Judith Scott-Clayton, Teachers College, Columbia Univ.


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  • Scott-Clayton_2012_w17811_InfoConstraintsFinAid.pdf (146.0 kB)
  • Child Care Subsidies and Child Care Choices: What Role Does Household Structure Play?
    Anna Markowitz, Rebecca Ryan and Anna Johnson, Georgetown University


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  • FFCWS ECLSB 2012 Paper Draft 8.pdf (177.5 kB)
  • Using System Dynamics to Enhance Performance Management In Local Government
    Carmine Bianchi, University of Palermo (Italy) and William Rivenbark, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


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  • Bianchi Rivenbark APPAM 2012.pdf (692.5 kB)
  • Achieving National Security Effectiveness and Efficiency Through Defense Acquisition Reform, In An Age of Austerity
    Jacques Gansler, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy


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  • APPAM Talk.pdf (69.6 kB)
  • Community College Remediation In North Carolina
    Charles Clotfelter1, Helen Ladd1, Clara Muschkin1 and Jacob Vigdor2, (1)Duke University, (2)University of Washington


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  • Remedial education APPAM final 10302012 with tables (2).pdf (740.0 kB)
  • Estimating the Return to College Selectivity Over the Career Using Administrative Earnings Data
    Stacy Dale, Mathematica Policy Research and Alan Krueger, Princeton University


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  • Estimating the Effect of College Quality.pdf (323.3 kB)
  • An Empirical Analysis of Racial Segregation In Higher Education
    Peter Hinrichs, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland


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  • Hinrichs_segregation_092012.pdf (189.8 kB)
  • The Impact of Class-Based Affirmative Action On Admission and Matriculation Outcomes In Israel
    Sigal Alon, Tel Aviv University and Ofer Malamud, Northwestern University


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  • IsraelAA_RD_APPAM_Submisson.pdf (206.0 kB)
  • Do Alternative Base Periods Increase Unemployment Insurance Receipt Among Low-Educated Workers?
    Alix Gould-Werth and H. Luke Shaefer, University of Michigan


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  • 10.11 APPAM ABP.pdf (311.9 kB)
  • This Could BE the START of Something BIG:
    Steven Kelman and Sounman Hong, Harvard University


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  • THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG.pdf (165.5 kB)
  • Testing Whether Nonexperimental Comparison Group Methods Can Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates for Charter Schools
    Kenneth Fortson, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Emma Kopa and Phil Gleason, Mathematica Policy Research


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  • Fortson-Gleason-Kopa-Savitz_NECG_10192012.pdf (233.0 kB)
  • Is Agricultural Training a Good Investment In Developing Countries? A Randomized Controlled Trial In Armenia
    Kenneth Fortson, Anu Rangarajan, Randall Blair, Joanne Lee and Valentine Gilbert, Mathematica Policy Research


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  • 06916 091 WtM Training Impacts Report.pdf (4.2 MB)
  • Unintended Pregnancy and Public Policy
    Adam Thomas, Georgetown University


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  • ThomasNDJournalEssay.pdf (586.5 kB)
  • Foreclosure Externalities: Some New Evidence
    Kristopher Gerardi1, Eric Rosenblatt2, Paul Willen3 and Vincent Yao2, (1)Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, (2)Fannie Mae, (3)Federal Reserve Bank of Boston


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  • gerardi_foreclosure_externalities.pdf (827.5 kB)
  • The Foreclosure Crisis and Community Development: Exploring REO Dynamics in Hard-Hit Neighborhoods
    Ingrid Gould Ellen1, Josiah Madar2 and Mary Weselcouch2, (1)New York University, (2)Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy


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  • Ellen-Ingrid_REO_Dynamics.pdf (1.1 MB)
  • Policy and Poverty In New York City: Findings From the CEO Poverty Measure
    Mark Levitan1, Christine D'Onofrio1, John Krampner2, Daniel Scheer1 and Todd Seidel1, (1)NYC Center for Economic Opportunity, (2)New York City Center for Economic Opportunity


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  • CEO_Poverty_Measure_Final_PDF.pdf (3.1 MB)
  • Advancing Poverty Measurement: The Antipoverty Effectiveness of the Safety Net in Wisconsin
    Yiyoon Chung, Institute for Research on Poverty/University of Wisconsin, Julia Isaacs, Urban Institute and Timothy Smeeding, Institute for Research on Poverty


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  • WisPov_SSR_Oct2012_APPAM.pdf (1.0 MB)
  • Challenges In Using the American Community Survey (ACS) to Implement A Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)
    Trudi Renwick, Kathleen Short, Charles Hokayem and Alemayehu Bishaw, U.S. Census Bureau


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  • RenwickShortBishawHokayemAPPAM.pdf (1.2 MB)
  • Building Assets or Debt? Do First Time Homebuyers Know the Difference and Does It Matter?
    Stephanie Moulton, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Caezilia Loibl, Ohio State University and Anya Savikhin, The University of Chicago


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  • 2012 10 31 APPAM Moulton Loibl Collins Savikhin.pdf (270.1 kB)
  • Benefit Enhancements to Educator Pension Plans and Their Consequences for Teacher Recruitment and School Staffing
    Cory Koedel1, Shawn Ni2 and Michael Podgursky1, (1)University of Missouri, (2)University of Missouri, Columbia


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  • Koedel_Podgursky_APPAM_2012.pdf (422.6 kB)
  • Saving Teens: Using a Policy Discontinuity to Estimate the Effects of Medicaid Eligibility
    Bruce Meyer and Laura Wherry, University of Chicago


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  • PD_w18309.pdf (782.1 kB)
  • The Deadly Legacy of Swimming Pool Discrimination
    Jeff Wiltse, University of Montana


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  • Deadly Legacy (Wiltse doc).doc (100.5 kB)
  • Causes and Consequences of Racial Disparities In Swimming
    Samuel L. Myers and Ana Cuesta, University of Minnesota


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  • MYERS AND CUESTA PAPER, APPAM 2012.pdf (562.0 kB)
  • Principles and Rationales Behind the Charitable Deduction and Proposed Reforms
    Roger Colinvaux, Catholic University Columbus School of Law, Brian Galle, Boston College Law School and C. Eugene Steuerle, The Urban Institute


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  • 412586-Evaluating-the-Charitable-Deduction-and-Proposed-Reforms.pdf (1.5 MB)
  • The Impact of Physical Education On Obesity Among Elementary School Children
    David Frisvold, Emory University, John Cawley, Cornell University and Chad Meyerhoefer, Lehigh University


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  • CFM PE paper August 30 2012 APPAM.pdf (533.1 kB)
  • The Gateway to the Profession: Assessing Teacher Preparation Programs Based On Student Achievement
    Dan Goldhaber, Stephanie Liddle and Roddy Theobald, University of Washington


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  • CEDR WP 2012_4.pdf (243.5 kB)
  • A New Politics of Food? A Policy Regime Approach
    Adam Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University


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  • Food policy regime.pdf (202.7 kB)
  • Is More Always Better? Final Outcome Findings from a Multi-Year Study of the Massachussetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative
    Melissa Velez1, Amy Checkoway2 and Tamara Linkow1, (1)Abt Associates, (2)Abt Associates, Inc.


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  • MA-ELT Executive Summary.pdf (89.6 kB)
  • Head Start and Children's Nutrition and Health Outcomes: Evidence From a Contemporary Birth Cohort Study
    RaeHyuck Lee1, Fuhua Zhai2, Wen-Jui Han3, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn1 and Jane Waldfogel1, (1)Columbia University, (2)Fordham University, (3)New York University


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  • APPAM2012_abstract_Head Start and Children’s Nutrition, Weight, and Health Care Receipt.pdf (502.7 kB)
  • Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
    Sandra E. Black, University of Texas, Austin


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  • bdls_childcare_5_2012.pdf (1.3 MB)
  • Diversity In Research Workforce Development: National Versus International Bio-Medical Postdoctorates
    Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joshua Hawley, The Ohio State University and Anand Desai, Ohio State University


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  • Postdoc length - Draft 10.pdf (556.9 kB)
  • Inter-Federation Competition: Sales Tax Externalities with Multiple Federations
    David Agrawal, University of Georgia


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  • Agrawal_IFC.pdf (369.4 kB)
  • The Employees' New Employment Dynamics When A Business Closes
    Ting Zhang and David Stevens, University of Baltimore


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  • Zhang_Stevens_business_closure_report_06-14-12b.doc (4.9 MB)
  • The Implications of Business Cycles and Parental Indebtedness for Adolescent Obesity
    Angela Fertig, University of Georgia and Sharri Byron, Auburn University at Montgomery


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  • BCObesity20120926.pdf (299.6 kB)
  • Assessing Advocacy Effectiveness: The Power of Political Framing to Shape Policy Outcomes
    Christine Mahoney, University of Virginia and Heike Kleuver, University of Oxford


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  • Mahoney_Kluver_APPAM_2012_pdf.pdf (337.4 kB)
  • Dependent Health Insurance Mandates and the Job Choices of Young Adults
    Jeffrey M Hulbert, University of Virginia


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  • JMH HIMandates v2.pdf (1.1 MB)
  • Job-to-Job Flows and the Business Cycle
    Henry Hyatt, US Census Bureau and Erika McEntarfer, Center for Economic Studies, US Census Bureau


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  • jobtojob_businesscycle_20121003.pdf (414.0 kB)
  • Achieving Academic Success Outside of School: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Higher Achievement Program
    Leigh Linden, University of Texas, Austin, Carla Herrera, Public/Private Ventures and Jean Baldwin Grossman, Public/Private Ventures, Princeton University


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  • HA F1F2 Working Paper 2011-10-02 with tables.pdf (406.8 kB)
  • The National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices
    Stephen Gardner, MANILA Consulting Group, Inc.


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  • NREPP Slides APPAM.pdf (251.6 kB)
  • Equipping Non-Custodial Fathers As Long-Term Providers
    Ronald Mincy1, Daniel Miller2, Serena Klempin3 and David Seith1, (1)Columbia University, (2)Boston University, (3)Center for Research on Fathers, Children and Family Well-Being at Columbia University School of Social Work


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  • NCP_EITC APPAM Paper Submitted.pdf (615.0 kB)
  • Causal Mediation Analysis, with Application to Job Search Intervention
    Kosuke Imai, Princeton University, Luke Keele, Pennsylvania State University and Dustin Tingley, Harvard University


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  • mediationPolicy.pdf (235.6 kB)
  • Parent Well-Being, Child-Care Quality and Child Development: Do State Subsidy Policy Variations Change This Relationship?
    Meryl Yoches Barofsky and Elisa L. Klein, University of Maryland, College Park


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  • APPAM_MYBandEK.doc (405.0 kB)
  • SNAP: Work Support or Welfare Magnet?
    Jonathan Schwabish, Congressional Budget Office


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  • Schwabish WelfareWork APPAM paper.pdf (3.5 MB)
  • Left (Less Far) Behind? Achievement Gaps In the NCLB Era
    Sean Reardon, Erica Greenberg, Demetra Kalogrides, Kenneth A. Shores and Rachel A. Valentino, Stanford University


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  • nclb gaps paper.pdf (447.1 kB)
  • The Demography of Inequality of Individuals and Families: Income and Consumption
    David Johnson, US Census Bureau, Jonathan Fisher, Stanford University and Timothy Smeeding, Institute for Research on Poverty


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  • Fisher Johnson Smeeding_APPAM.pdf (1.4 MB)
  • ACA Income Eligibility for Medicaid and the Exchange Subsidy: Comparing CPS and Administrative Tax Data
    Ithai Lurie, U.S. Department of the Treasury and James Pearce, U.S. Department of the Treasury - Office of Tax Analysis


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  • LuriepearceFPL paper Sep 2012.pdf (672.6 kB)
  • Do Charter Schools “Push Out” Low-Performing Students?
    Ron Zimmer, Vanderbilt University and Cassandra Guarino, Indiana University


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  • Zimmer and Guarino Charter School Push Out Paper.pdf (541.5 kB)
  • Intergovernmental Policy Diffusion: National Influence On State Policy Adoptions
    Pamela McCann, Evans School, University of Washington, Charles L. Shipan, University of Michigan and Craig Volden, University of Virginia


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  • MSV121025.pdf (273.3 kB)
  • Do Progam Performance Measures Track Program Impacts? A Case Study for Job Corps
    Peter Schochet and Jane Fortson, Mathematica Policy Research


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  • JC Regr Adj Paper.pdf (299.7 kB)
  • Using the Institutional Grammar Tool to Understand Brownfield Action Situations
    Ellen Rogers, Washington State University Vancouver


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  • Rogers APPAM Paper 10182012.pdf (636.8 kB)
  • Community Services Block Grants Under ARRA
    Carol J. DeVita, Urban Institute and Margaret Simms, The Urban Institute


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  • Community Services Block Grant Under ARRA Final 9-30-12.pdf (763.4 kB)
  • Child Maintenance Policies In Finland
    Mia Hakovirta, University of Turku (Finland) and Heikki Hiilamo, Social Insurance Institution (Finland)


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  • APPAM_Hakovirta_Hiilamo_ Child maintenance policien in Finland.pdf (80.7 kB)
  • The South African Child Support Grant and Its Impacts
    Carolyn Heinrich1, John Hoddinott2, Michael Samson3, Kenneth Mac Quene3, Ingrid van Niekerk3, Nils Riemenschneider4 and Bryant Renaud3, (1)University of Texas at Austin, (2)International Food Policy Research Institute, (3)Economic Policy Research Institute, (4)Oxford Policy Management


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  • Heinrich Hoddinott and Samson_S Africa CSG.pdf (597.2 kB)
  • Competitive Employment Outcomes of Vocational Rehabilitation
    Frank Martin1, Richard Walls2, Martin Brodwin3, Randall Parker4, Frances Siu3 and Ed Kurata5, (1)Mathematica Policy Research, (2)West Virginia University, (3)California State University, (4)University of Texas at Austin, (5)Self-employed


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  • Martin_Frank APPAM Nov 2012.pdf (281.2 kB)
  • The Effect of Disability Insurance Receipt On Labor Supply
    Eric French, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Jae Song, Social Security Administration


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  • DI_AEJ61.pdf (414.7 kB)
  • High stakes in the classroom, high stakes on the street: The effects of community violence on students’ standardized test performance
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