Center for Policy Research News
Heflin weighs in on NY's childhood poverty rates in Ithaca Journal
"The workforce is not going to be as dynamic as other parts of the country," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs. "It's going to be a pull on our economy going forward," because children growing up in poverty traditionally have lower educational attainment and wages.
Schewe study on federal fishery program, Vietnamese fishers published
Lee study on Olley and Pakes-style production function estimators published in Oxford BES
Maxwell announces new faculty members, program chair
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Maxwell invites undergrad students of color to Public Policy Camp
Flores-Lagunes weighs in on issues facing workers in WalletHub
"The unemployment rate has been low for some months now (relative to the recent past), but there has not been noticeable pressure on wages," says Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, professor of economics.
Heflin study on SNAP benefits, pregnancy-related ER trips published
Burman cited in Bloomberg article on capital gains taxation proposal
"If President Trump really wants to cut taxes on capital gains, he should go to Congress with a plan to do so directly, and not through a poorly designed back-door regulatory scheme," writes Leonard Burman, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
Study by Rosenthal featured in CityLab article on vertical economy
A study co-authored by Stuart Rosenthal, "The vertical city: Rent gradients, spatial structure, and agglomeration economies," was published in the Journal of Urban Economics and is featured in the CityLab article, "Cities and the Vertical Economy."
Maxwell’s Schwartz and team secure DOE grant to study school choice
“This excellent team offers an exciting opportunity to make real progress in reducing achievement gaps for disadvantaged students by identifying ways to increase access to high-quality education,” says Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair of Public Affairs. She is part of the team that received a five year, $10 million DOE grant.
Burman weighs in on fitness tax break in Wall Street Journal
Monnat weighs in on new research on opioid use, 2016 election results
Monnat brief on opioid crisis in rural America published by Carsey School of Public Policy at UNC
Monnat paper on opioid-related mortality in rural America published in Int Journal of Drug Policy
See related: Addiction, Health Policy, Longevity, United States
Monnat discusses opioid overdose rates in rural New England on New Hampshire Public Radio
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion says long-running challenges in many rural communities are the underlying drivers of the increase in opioid overdose rates, things like economic decline and social isolation.
Faculty, alumnus study on public health insurance, fertility published
Maxwell announces promotions, tenure for eight faculty
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Michelmore paper on EITC, household finances published in JPAM
Econ faculty publish paper on food insecurity, Great Recession in American Economic Association
Heflin study on impact of food program coverage gap published in AEPP
See related: Food Security
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