Funded Research Projects
CPR's raison d'être is to help faculty accomplish their research goals with as much internal support and as little external interference as is consistent with its position in our student-centered research institution. Because good research in applied public policy needs time and money, one of CPR's main goals is to raise enough external funding to meet faculty needs for time away from the classroom; computing; and copying; mail, and other dissemination vehicles. External research support also contributes significantly to the size and quality of the graduate programs in economics, public administration, sociology, and political science by providing monetary support of graduate students.
Currently funded research projects are listed below. Titles link to the project abstract, the Principal Investigator's web page, and links to pertinent publications where applicable.
Center for Aging and Policy Studies, Douglas Wolf (Director) and Janet Wilmoth (Co-Director), National Institute on Aging
Subsidized Rental Housing & the Economic Transition of Urban Neighborhoods in the U.S., Stuart Rosenthal (PI), The MacArthur Foundation
Military Service and Health Outcomes in Later Life, Janet Wilmoth and Andrew London (PI), National Institute on Aging
End-of-Life Trajectories: A Prospective Model, Douglas A. Wolf (PI), National Institute on Aging
Data Innovations in the Health and Retirement Study, Gary V. Engelhardt (PI), National Institute on Aging
The Impact of Pension Plan Design on Retirement Savings,
(PI), TIAA-CREF Institute
Study the Impact of State Tax Policy on Business Location, Stuart Rosenthal (PI), Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Estimates of the Value of Life Using Air Bag Regulations as a Quasi-Experiment,Christopher Rohlfs (PI), National Institutes of Health
National Study of Disability Trends and Dynamics,Douglas Wolf (PI), Johns Hopkins University/National Institute on Aging
The Health Consequences of Teenage Childbearing,Leonard Lopoo (PI), National Institute on Child Health & Human Development
A Prospective Model of Medicare Cost Trajectories, Douglas Wolf (PI), National Institute on Aging
Understanding and Averting a Catastrophic Failure of Budget Policy,Leonard Burman (PI), Urban Institute
New York State's Charter School Program: Regulations, Funding, and Fiscal Impacts,Robert Bifulco (PI), Research Foundation of SUNY
The Medicare Part D Expansion and the Health of Older Americans, Gary Engelhardt (PI), Boston College/Social Security Administration
Taxation of Social Security Benefits: Implications of Reform Options on Social Welfare, Labor Supply, and Trust Fund Solvency,Leonard Burman (PI), Boston College/Social Security Administration
Pension Fund Portfolio Diversification and Household Retirement Wealth Accumulation, Gary Engelhardt (PI), Boston College, Social Security Administration
Integrated Assessment Model Development, Comparison, and Diagnostics Project, David Popp (Investigator), Pennsylvania State University/U.S. Department of Energy
Upstate Health Research Network, William Horrace (Research Project Director), FAIRHealth