Public Administration and International Affairs Department News, Media Commentary and Research

Quicken the Sense of Public Duty

Maxwell’s new dean, David M. Van Slyke, takes the Athenian Oath very seriously. And he views the Maxwell School — with all its complexity and plurality and disciplinary cross-currents — as uniquely prepared to uphold it.
December 16, 2016

See related: Promotions & Appointments

Heflin study on SNAP benefits and emergency room visits for hypoglycaemia published in PHN

Colleen Heflin , Leslie Hodges & Peter Mueser
December 13, 2016

See related: Food Security

Hamersma article on Medicaid eligibility published in Contemporary Economic Policy

Sarah Hamersma & Burcin Unel
December 8, 2016

Schwartz article on the spillover effects of mid-year entry on student achievement published in EEPA

Emilyn Ruble Whitesell, Leanna Stiefel & Amy Ellen Schwartz
November 30, 2016

WP 199 Measuring the Financial Shocks of Natural Disasters: A Panel Study of U.S. States

Qing Miao, Yilin Hou & Michael Abrigo
This paper employs panel vector autoregression to examine the dynamic fiscal response to disaster shocks.
November 30, 2016

See related: Natural Disasters

Public administration PhD student co-authors Politico op-ed

This op-ed, titled “The Coast Guard's Flawed Icebreaker Plan,” criticizes the Coast Guard for pursuing a plan to build a new icebreaker at the cost of $1 billion. That icebreaker, which will take 10 years to complete, will provide only the second icebreaker in America’s fleet, at a time when other nations vying for control of the Arctic have dozens.
November 21, 2016

Clearing the Error health care project wins 2016 IAP2 research award

The project, titled "Clearing the Error," is led by Tina Nabatchi, associate professor of public administration and international affairs at the Maxwell School. Its overarching goal, Nabatchi says, is to use deliberative approaches to develop informed, practical, and patient-focused recommendations for reducing diagnostic errors.

November 18, 2016

Multidisciplinary team wins NSF award to study distributed energy markets

An interdisciplinary team of SU cybersecurity, engineering, economics, and law experts are conducting research into various “two-way, distributed” energy market designs to assess potential security and privacy risks inherent in each and the trade-offs between reducing risk and optimizing market performance. Funded with a $344,184 grant from the National Science Foundation, the team is drawn from SU’s School of Information Studies (iSchool), College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and College of Law.
November 18, 2016

WP 195 The Academic Effects of Chronic Exposure to Neighborhood Violence

Amy Ellen Schwartz, Agustina Laurito, Johanna Lacoe, Patrick Sharkey & Ingrid Gould Ellen
October 31, 2016

See related: Crime & Violence

WP 198 Retention Heterogeneity in New York City Schools

Douglas Almond, Ajin Lee & Amy Ellen Schwartz
Using regression discontinuity methods, the authors find that female students are 25% more likely to be retained in their grade due to exam failure than boys. 
October 31, 2016

See related: New York State

Lopoo article on government spending and economic growth published in Southern Economic Journal

Susan E. Mayer, Leonard M. Lopoo & Lincoln H. Groves
September 30, 2016

Heflin paper on aging out of WIC and food security on households with children published in CYSR

Irma Arteaga, Colleen Heflin & Sara Gable
September 30, 2016

See related: Aging, Food Security

Burman paper on 2016 US presidential candidates and the economy published in Intereconomics

Leonard E. Burman
September 30, 2016

See related: Taxation, U.S. Elections

Rothbart study on middle school bullying, safety and belonging published in AERJ

Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel & Michah W. Rothbart
September 30, 2016

See related: Education

Burman analysis of House GOP tax plan published in Columbia Journal of Tax Law

Jim Nunns, Leonard E. Burman, Ben Page, Jeff Rohaly & Joe Rosenberg
September 15, 2016

See related: Taxation

Heflin study on family instability and material hardship published in JF&EI

Colleen Heflin
August 3, 2016

See related: Food Security

Hou paper on fiscal decentralization, flat admin structure and local gov size published in PA & Dev

Ping Zhang, Chunkui Zhu & Yilin Hou
July 24, 2016

Schwartz analysis on housing choice voucher recipients and good schools published in JPAM

Ingrid Gould Ellen, Keren Mertens Horn & Amy Ellen Schwartz
June 26, 2016

See related: Housing

Heflin study on why emergency food assistance users report being food secure published in JHEN

Colleen Heflin & Kate Olson
June 21, 2016

See related: Food Security

Schwartz article on the causal effect of moving schools on student performance

Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel & Sarah A. Cordes
June 17, 2016

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