2016 Fall Conference: The Role of Research in Making Government More Effective

2016 Fall Conference: The Role of Research in Making Government More Effective

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

Thursday, November 3, 2016

7:00 AM-4:30 PM

ID#7792

Special Events: Thursday Registration

7:15 AM-8:30 AM

ID#7830

Special Events: Equity and Inclusion Fellowship Breakfast

8:15 AM-9:45 AM

ID#7063

Panel: Approaching the Evidence Starting Line: Building Infrastructure and Preparing Programs for Rigorous Evaluation

ID#7243

Roundtable: Behavioral Nudges: Cost-Effective Policy or Government Overreach?

ID#7562

Roundtable: Building on Past Success: Stories of Evidence-Based Policymaking to Inspire the New Administration

ID#7695

Panel: Environmental Politics, Governance, and Institutional Design

ID#7451

Panel: Evolution and Resilience: How Do Neighborhoods Change?

ID#7523

Panel: Food Insecurity and Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs for Children

ID#7406

Panel: Food Insecurity in the Lives of Families and Children

ID#7737

Panel: Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Access, Use, and Economic Behavior

ID#7418

Roundtable: Impacting Policy on the Ground: The Role of Community-Based Organizations on Policy Advocacy for Low-Income and Racial/Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods

ID#7743

Panel: Impacts of Policies Intending to Increase Family Income

ID#7499

Roundtable: Improving Outcomes: The Role of ‘Pay for Success’

ID#7661

Roundtable: Improving Students of Color College Achievement: Lessons from Minority Serving Institutions

ID#7475

Panel: Learning about and from Variation in Program Impacts Using Multisite Trials

ID#7717

Panel: Managing Science and Technology Information

ID#7769

Panel: Measuring and Improving Instructor Effectiveness

ID#7686

Panel: Mobility, Immigrants, and Labor Markets

ID#7313

Panel: Public Policy and the Complex Work of School Leaders

ID#7066

Panel: Race and Gender Dynamics in College Classrooms

ID#7400

Panel: Return to Work Following Disabling Injury and Illness: Worker Outcomes after Onset and Opportunities for Early Intervention

ID#7450

Panel: Revenue v. Justice: The Effects of Criminal Justice Debt on Courts, Policing, and Communities

ID#6969

Panel: State and District Reforms That Foster Positive Changes in Lowest-Performing Schools

ID#7084

Panel: The Impact of Medicaid Expansions on Employment and Benefits

ID#7553

Panel: Tracking and Controlling Healthcare Cost Growth

ID#7659

Panel: Uses of Predictive Modeling in Three Policy Areas

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

ID#7823

Student Resources: Thursday Student Lounge

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

ID#7319

Panel: Access to Health Care Among Low Income Populations: The Role of Financial Responsibility and Financial Literacy

ID#7698

Panel: Advances in Water Governance

ID#6918

Panel: Ban the Box Policies: Crime, Discrimination, and Employment

ID#7587

Roundtable: Challenges and Strategies for Integrated Analysis in Mixed Methods Policy Research

ID#6890

Roundtable: Data in Crisis

ID#7768

Panel: Evaluating the Effectiveness of K-12 Educational Interventions on Student Achievement

ID#7204

Panel: Financial Aid Nudges: Evidence from Field and Quasi-Experiments

ID#7528

Panel: Gentrification in the 21st Century

ID#7046

Panel: Identifying Students with Special Needs

ID#7693

Panel: Illicit Markets

ID#7627

Panel: Improving Educational Outcomes of Children and Youths from Migrant Families through Research and Policy

ID#7763

Panel: Management of Private Contractor Performance on Policy Outcomes

ID#6979

Panel: Measuring Educator Performance

ID#7448

Panel: New Evidence on the Effectiveness of Demand-Driven Training Programs for Low-Income Individuals

ID#7416

Panel: Poverty and Inequality: Understanding and Addressing the Problems

ID#7008

Panel: Public Policy and Fertility Rates in the United States

ID#7214

Roundtable: State-University Partnerships: Generating Evidence to Support State Health Policymaking

ID#7311

Panel: Strengthening Parent Engagement with Federal Anti-Poverty Programs: Three Experimental Studies

ID#7813

Student Resources: Student Session: The Grant Writing Process: Seeking Support from Private Foundations

ID#6882

Panel: The Cadillac Tax: Projections, Policy Alternatives, and Second-Order Effects

ID#7594

Panel: The Racial Wealth Gap: Measurement, Trends, and Policy Implications

ID#7444

Roundtable: The Role of Analysis and Program Evaluation in Policy-Making

ID#7784

Poster: Thursday Poster Session

ID#7609

Panel: Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Student Transfer

ID#7742

Panel: What Does Administrative Data Add to Our Understanding of Inequality and Social Programs?

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

ID#7786

Special Events: Lunch Symposium: The 2016 Presidential Election and the Changing Electorate and Electoral Participation

1:15 PM-2:45 PM

ID#7537

Panel: Advances in Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design

ID#7221

Roundtable: Beyond Value Added: The Future of Measuring and Using Data on Educator Impact

ID#7457

Panel: Building the Knowledge Base on the Effects of Summer Youth Employment Programs

ID#7109

Panel: Diet, Healthy Food Access and Food Environments

ID#7006

Panel: Evidence on Personnel Evaluations in K-12 Schools

ID#7374

Panel: Evidence-Based Approaches to Reentry: Employment and Training Programs for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

ID#7030

Panel: Exclusionary School Discipline Practices: Understanding the Use and Impacts of Suspension

ID#7158

Panel: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research on Racial Inequality

ID#7477

Panel: Housing and the Well-Being of Senior Households

ID#7696

Panel: Improving Energy Efficiency

ID#7239

Panel: Innovations to Improve Financial Aid: Evidence from Recent Field Experiments

ID#7711

Panel: Legislative Politics, the Media, and Policy

ID#7329

Panel: Mapping Supply and Demand of Child Care and Early Education Programs: Researcher Insights and Evidence-Based Policy Tools

ID#7529

Roundtable: Moneyball for Head Start: Using Data, Evidence, and Evaluation to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

ID#7701

Panel: New Evidence on Paid Family Leave Programs

ID#7582

Panel: On the 20th Anniversary of Welfare Reform: Changes to the Social Safety Net and Their Consequences

ID#7750

Panel: Pensions in State and Local Budgets

ID#7507

Roundtable: Presenting Research Findings for Decision-Makers: Lessons from Four Systematic Reviews

ID#7754

Panel: Public Employee Motivations and Preferences

ID#7260

Panel: State and Local Policies Toward Immigrants and Their Consequences

ID#7510

Panel: State-Level Impacts of the Affordable Care Act: Coverage, Access, and Costs

ID#7815

Student Resources: Student Session: Bridging the Gap Between Graduate School and Your Policy Career Path

ID#7252

Panel: Supplemental Security Income for Children and Child and Family Outcomes

ID#6953

Panel: Supply-Side Responses to Healthcare Regulation and Markets

ID#7317

Panel: The Causes and Consequences of Crime and Place

ID#7753

Panel: Using Data to Guide Decisionmaking and Management

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

ID#7759

Panel: Contemporary Issues in Public and Private Debt

ID#7103

Panel: Disabling Conditions in the Years Prior to Retirement

ID#7700

Panel: Energy Issues in Developing and Emerging Economies

ID#7530

Roundtable: Evidence Building for Policymakers: Census Bureau Efforts

ID#7459

Panel: Exploring Challenges to Regression Discontinuity Estimation

ID#7771

Roundtable: Family and Work Support Innovations for the U.S.: Supporting Self-Sufficiency and Access to Basic Material Needs

ID#7607

Roundtable: Government Procurement and Social Equity

ID#7171

Panel: Helping States Use Evidence-Based Research to Improve Health Care Purchasing, Delivery, and Transparency

ID#7230

Panel: How Housing Matters: The Effects of Housing Subsidies on Families and Children

ID#7535

Panel: Impacts of Recent Changes to the Medicaid Program on Access to and Quality of Health Care

ID#7581

Panel: Implementation Studies for Evaluations of Multi-Site Training Programs

ID#6919

Panel: Improving Birth and Other Outcomes: Findings on Home Visiting and Other Programs

ID#7372

Panel: Lessons Learned and Innovative Practice from Savings Initiatives for Low-Income Families

ID#7757

Panel: Nonprofit Financial Management

ID#7710

Panel: Politics and Implications for Policymaking

ID#7396

Panel: Removing Barriers and Improving Postsecondary Outcomes for Academically Marginal Students

ID#7051

Panel: Results from the HOPE Demonstration Field Experiment Four-Site Randomized Controlled Trial

ID#7133

Panel: School Choice and Public Policy

ID#7437

Panel: State Takeovers in K-12 Education: Design, Governance, and Political Sustainability

ID#7394

Panel: Substance Use and Regulation: New Policy-Relevant Evidence Using Innovative Methods and Samples

ID#7422

Panel: Teacher Tenure Reform: Implications for Students, Teachers, and Schools

ID#7385

Panel: The Role of Housing in Health and Health Interventions

ID#7002

Panel: Understanding Privatization Reversals Among Local Governments in the US and Europe

ID#7018

Panel: Unemployment Insurance Research and Proposed Reforms

ID#7193

Panel: Work-Family Supports for Parents with Young Children: Implications for Children and Families

4:40 PM-5:55 PM

ID#7788

Special Events: Is Equality of Educational Opportunity Improving? A Look at the Evidence 50 Years Following Coleman

6:00 PM-7:15 PM

ID#7787

Special Events: Welfare Policy in the 21st Century: The Role of Research in Breaking New Ground to Reduce Poverty

7:00 PM-8:30 PM

ID#7797

Special Events: Welcome Reception