2015 Fall Conference: The Golden Age of Evidence-Based Policy

Indiana University SPEA

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

University of Pennsylvania

American University

Pepperdine University

LBJ School of Public Affiars

APPAM Membership

University of Washington

2015 Fall Conference: The Golden Age of Evidence-Based Policy

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Friday, November 13, 2015

7:00 AM-8:15 AM

ID#6366

Special Events: Spencer Foundation Award Lecture & Breakfast

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

ID#5660

Panel: Analyzing Emerging Social Equity Issues and Policies in U.S. Suburbs

ID#6129

Panel: Causal Effects of Behavioral Environmental Policy

ID#6010

Panel: College Choice and Major Choice

ID#5638

Roundtable: Findings and Implications from the HHS Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

ID#5887

Panel: Food Insecurity through Four Lenses

ID#6009

Panel: Food Insecurity, Food Assistance Programs, and Child Well-Being

ID#5597

Panel: Foster Care Placement and Foster Care Adoption in the United States

ID#6252

Panel: Gentrification and Its Effects

ID#5834

Panel: How Do Public Safety Net Reductions Affect Well-Being? Examining the Impact of Benefit Cuts on Health, Earnings, and Private Transfers from Family

ID#6319

Panel: Improving Educational Outcomes of Early Care and Education

ID#6234

Roundtable: Inequality Solutions: A Roundtable Discussion of Sir Tony Atkinson's 2015 Book,

ID#5908

Panel: Innovations in Student Loan Policy: Field Experiments to Improve Information and Access to Loan Counseling

ID#6101

Panel: K-12 Accountability Under NCLB and Beyond: Empirical Evidence and Directions for Evidence-Based Policy

ID#6198

Panel: Moving Beyond Big Data: The Role of Qualitative Research in Understanding the Financial Lives of Americans

ID#5766

Panel: Moving Beyond Questions of ‘Why?': The Administration and Outcomes of Local Sustainability Efforts

ID#6347

Panel: Nonprofit Governance and Partnerships

ID#5650

Panel: People and Place in Low-Income Housing Policy

ID#6340

Panel: Performance Management

ID#6300

Panel: Physician and Hospital Responses to the Changing Health Care Marketplace

ID#6053

Panel: State Financial Policy Challenges and Innovations in Debt Markets & Pensions

ID#6375

Special Events: Student Session: The Grant Writing Process

ID#6092

Panel: Studies in Unemployment Insurance Policy

ID#6327

Panel: Supporting K-12 and College Students Academically and Financially

ID#6063

Panel: Teacher Evaluation Measures – What Are They Good For?

ID#5935

Panel: The Impact of Social Security Disability Rules on Beneficiary Earnings: New Evidence

ID#6307

Panel: Use of Scientific Evidence in Policymaking

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

ID#6357

Poster: Friday Poster Session

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

ID#5822

Panel: Challenges to Improving Managerial Performance in an Evidence-Based World

ID#6292

Panel: Child Health

ID#6033

Panel: Do the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Employment and Training Programs Work?

ID#5706

Panel: Employment and Recidivism Prospects Among Criminals

ID#6094

Panel: Engaging Low-Income Parents in Early Childhood Programs

ID#6250

Panel: Environmental Justice and Equity: Lessons for a More Equitable Society

ID#5876

Panel: Examining the New Teacher Contract: Compensation and Retention in the Context of Waning Union Power

ID#5987

Panel: Fiscal Stress and Uncertainty in Local Government Finance

ID#5963

Panel: Forty Years of the EITC: Assessing Its Impact on Women's Living Arrangements, Employment, and Marriage Decisions

ID#6123

Roundtable: Housing As a Platform for Economic Mobility

ID#6097

Panel: How Does Food Store Access Affect Food Shopping Behavior and Diet Quality?

ID#5774

Panel: Implications of Financial Aid

ID#6046

Panel: Increasing Social Equity and Diversity in the Workplace: New Disability Affirmative Action Requirements for Federal Contractors

ID#6321

Panel: Innovative Policies and Practices in Education

ID#6308

Panel: Issues in STEM Higher Education

ID#6286

Panel: Long Term Health and Economic Effects of Medicaid

ID#6294

Panel: Medicare Physician Reimbursement and Patient Choice

ID#5371

Panel: Neighborhood Change and Revitalization

ID#5707

Panel: Policy Issues in Subnational Government Debt Management

ID#5615

Panel: Recent Advances in Visual Presentation of Big Data to Guide Policy

ID#6013

Panel: Renewable Electricity Markets: Analyzing the Role of Credit Exchanges, Social Risk, and Policy Interactions

ID#6140

Panel: Research-Practitioner Partnerships to Create Evidence-Based Anti-Poverty Programs

ID#6146

Panel: School Choices: Examining Variation in Charter, Private, and Non-Residential Alternatives to Neighborhood Public Schools

ID#5756

Panel: Strengthening Postsecondary Pathways: Student, State, and Institution-Level Factors

ID#6378

Special Events: Student Session: Career Paths Outside Academia for Policy Graduates

ID#6380

Roundtable: The Growing Use of Evidence-based Programs in Child Welfare

ID#5889

Roundtable: The Promise of Two-Generation Strategies: Lessons from the Field

12:00 PM-1:15 PM

ID#6367

Special Events: Membership & Awards Luncheon (Ticket required)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM

ID#6395

Special Events: Ask the Experts Friday - Student Resource

ID#6341

Panel: Can the Federal Government be Efficiently Managed?: A Practitioner's Perspectice

ID#5591

Roundtable: Child Support: The New Work Strategy

ID#6178

Panel: Coastal Resiliency and Sustainability: Evidence-Based Policy Implementation from U.S. Coastal Regions

ID#6289

Panel: Consequences of Early Life Health and Work on Long-Term Adult Outcomes

ID#5990

Panel: Educational Innovations in and Outside the Home

ID#6071

Panel: Evaluating Impacts of Solid Fuel Use on Air Pollution, Climate and Health in Developing Countries

ID#6331

Panel: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Spending, Financial Allocations, and Timing of Disbursal in Low and Middle Income Countries

ID#5770

Panel: Food Consumption, Nutrition, and Food Insecurity

ID#6262

Panel: From Research to Policy

ID#5882

Panel: Impacts of State-Level Substance Abuse Policies on Individual Health and Health Care Costs

ID#5988

Panel: Improving Efficiency and Access in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

ID#6226

Panel: Income and Expense Volatility for Low- and Moderate-Income Households: Evidence for Policy and Practice

ID#6253

Panel: Innovation in the Healthcare Delivery System: Consequences of Recent Developments

ID#6309

Panel: Institutional Effects of Scientific Research Funding

ID#5962

Panel: Interventions for High-Achieving Students

ID#6004

Panel: Labor Markets and Effective Teachers

ID#6343

Panel: Local Government Management

ID#5716

Panel: National and State Analyses of Family and Sick Leave Policies

ID#6337

Panel: New Research on Residential Segregation, Racial Segregation, and Racial Inequality

ID#5895

Panel: Occupational Demands Among Older Workers and Individuals with Disability

ID#5933

Panel: Regression Discontinuity Designs (RDDs): Extensions to Reduce Bias and Increase Precision

ID#5823

Panel: Rental Subsidies: Neighborhood Access, Mobility, and Tenant Outcomes

ID#6130

Panel: Socio-Economic Status-Based Gaps in Children’s Early Learning Environments: Long-Run Trends and the Role of Public Investment

ID#6326

Panel: Strategies for Improving Non-cognitive Outcomes for Children

ID#5919

Panel: The Discipline Gap and Social Equity in Schools

ID#5679

Panel: The Educational Impact of Online Pedagogy

ID#5971

Panel: Tobacco Regulation, Illicit Markets, and Crime

ID#5659

Panel: Using Evidence-Based Management and Policy to Improve Not-for-Profit Financial Operations

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

ID#6368

Special Events: Symposium: Can Preschool Programs Implemented on a Broad Scale Have Lasting Impacts?

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

ID#6369

Special Events: Presidential Address

6:15 PM-7:45 PM

ID#6370

Special Events: Presidential Reception

8:00 PM-9:30 PM

ID#6372

Special Events: Student Mixer