Maxwell Research News

Faculty Research

The 150-plus faculty members and roughly 800 graduate students are responsible for research that is influential and innovative.

Much of that research is conducted within the School’s research centers and institutes, but much is also completed by individuals working within their disciplines, toward purely scholarly ends. Similarly, much of Maxwell’s research is externally funded, and yet, much leads to the published books and articles that mark the progress of concepts and ideas in the academy.
In a typical year, Maxwell faculty members publish dozens of books and monographs and hundreds of book chapters and journal articles. Their work provides up-to-date material for the classroom.

It is one of the great distinctions of the Maxwell School that an institution so widely praised for its professional programs is, in fact, a home for esteemed research and scholarship across so a wide range of disciplines.
Research News

Michelmore study on impact of EITC on housing published in Demography
Katherine Michelmore, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs, and co-author Natasha Pilkauskas found that increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) lead to more stable housing and less crowding for single mothers. Their study, "The Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Housing and Living Arrangements," was published in Demography.
8/15/2019

New Maxwell Perspective features climate change research
The recently published edition of Maxwell Perspective — the School’s twice-annual magazine for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and other friends — is now available online. All full-length articles are available as individual webpages in the Maxwell Perspective section of this website.
8/6/2019

Schnell publishes study on factors associated with open governments
"Which Countries Have More Open Governments? Assessing Structural Determinants of Openness," co-authored by Sabina Schnell, was published in the American Review of Public Administration. Schnell and her co-author examined the political, administrative, and civic factors that are associated with more open governments around the world.
7/11/2019

Monnat publishes study on impact of economic factors on opioid crisis
"Using Census Data to Understand County-Level Differences in Overall Drug Mortality and Opioid-Related Mortality by Opioid Type," co-authored by Shannon Monnat, was published in the American Journal of Public Health. The authors concluded that various economic factors, including concentrations of specific occupations and industries, are important to explaining the geography of the U.S. opioid overdose crisis.
6/25/2019

Batalgi publishes study on successful exporting, foreign ownership
"Contagious exporting and foreign ownership: Evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model," co-authored by Badi Baltagi, was published in Regional Science and Urban Economics. The authors illustrate at the micro level that exporting and foreign ownership decisions are affected by the decisions of other firms in a certain geographical neighborhood.
6/11/2019

SU named a US Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence
The U.S. Intelligence Community has designated Syracuse University as one of eight national Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), with a funding award of $1.5 million over five years. The Hon. James E. Baker and Vice Admiral Robert Murrett (ret.), both faculty members in public administration and international affairs, will serve as co-principal investigators.
6/6/2019

Research by Emily Thorson cited in Forbes article on misinformation
Emily Thorson's research on "belief echoes," which she defines as "effects on attitudes that persist even when you know that a piece of information is false," was featured in the Forbes article "Science Shows How the Los Angeles Lakers Should Be Responding to Magic Johnson's Comments."
5/22/2019

Monnat study on opioid misuse initiation published in JAD
A new study "Opioid misuse initiation: Implications for intervention," co-authored by Shannon Monnat and published in the Journal of Addictive Diseases, may help inform new approaches to preventing opioid abuse by identifying those at a higher risk of misusing the drugs for the first time.
5/15/2019

Wilson study on authoritarian environmental governance published
"Authoritarian Environmental Governance: Insights from the Past Century," written by Robert Wilson, was published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Wilson explores authoritarian environmental governance in the Soviet Union, Maoist China, and Nazi Germany, three countries and eras largely overlooked by nature–society geographers.
5/13/2019

London publishes study on fertility differences in early 20th century
"Disease, Plantation Development, and Race-Related Differences in Fertility in the Early Twentieth-Century American South," co-authored by Andrew London, was published in the American Journal of Sociology. The study examines race-related differences in child mortality and fertility in the American South in 1910, a time when the South was predominantly rural.
5/1/2019

Bifulco study on Say Yes to Education program published in JPAM
Robert Bifulco and his co-authors examined the effects of a prominent last‐dollar, place‐based scholarship program, Say Yes to Education in Buffalo, NY, on college matriculation and persistence. The study, titled "Evaluating the Effects of Universal Place‐Based Scholarships on Student Outcomes: The Buffalo 'Say Yes to Education' Program," was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
4/25/2019

Perry Singleton publishes study on OSHA inspections, worker safety
"The Effect of Workplace Inspections on Worker Safety," co-authored by Perry Singleton and Ling Li '18 PhD (Econ), was published in the ILR Review. The authors estimate the effect of inspections on worker safety by exploiting a feature of OSHA’s Site-Specific Targeting plan and find that effects are most evident in manufacturing and less evident in health services.
4/22/2019

Bifulco, Schwegman research accountability‐driven school closures
"Who Benefits from Accountability‐Driven School Closure? Evidence from New York City," co-authored by Robert Bifulco and PhD student David Schwegman, was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
4/17/2019

Siddiki publishes study on economic effect of US vehicle regulations
In their study titled "The Macroeconomic Effects of 2017 Through 2025 Federal Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards," Saba Siddiki and her co-authors sought to determine how U.S. vehicle regulations may affect the U.S. economy, both nationally and by region. The study was published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
3/26/2019

Heflin publishes study linking food insecurity and disability
In their study titled "Food insecurity and disability in the United States," published in Disability and Health Journal, Professor Colleen Heflin and co-authors developed a model of the potential pathways connecting specific types of disability with food insecurity.
3/21/2019

Faricy publishes paper on social spending attitudes, benefits delivery
"Race, 'Deservingness,' and Social Spending Attitudes: The Role of Policy Delivery Mechanism," co-authored by Christopher Faricy, was published in Political Behavior. Faricy and co-author Christopher Ellis found that "social benefits delivered through the tax code are less likely to trigger racialized thinking than similar or identical benefits delivered directly."
3/18/2019

Gadarian article on how information helps voters published in UAR
"Voting Can Be Hard, Information Helps," co-authored by Shana Gadarian, was published in Urban Affairs Review. Americans are often faced with low-information conditions when voting. The authors found that in these conditions, voters use candidates’ race, ethnicity, and gender as cues for whom to support — penalizing candidates of color and benefiting women.
3/15/2019

Karas Montez study examines educational disparities in US adult health
Jennifer Karas Montez and co-authors Mark Hayward and Anna Zajacova draw on contextual theories (e.g., economic policies) of health disparities to illustrate how U.S. states, as institutional actors, shape the importance of education for health. Their study, "Educational Disparities in Adult Health: U.S. States as Institutional Actors on the Association," was published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.
3/12/2019

Mitra paper on land reform enactments published in JDE
"The political economy of land reform enactments: New cross-national evidence (1900–2010)," co-authored by Devashish Mitra, was published in the Journal of Development Economics (JDE). The authors constructed a unique and extensive annual dataset that codifies 372 major land reform enactments across 165 countries during the period 1900–2010.
2/28/2019

Hou paper on China’s property tax plan earns prestigious Pu Shan award
Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs and senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research, has won a prestigious economic policy research award from the Pu Shan Foundation of China. The paper, "Real Property Tax: Ability to Pay, Distribution of Tax Burden, and Redistribution Effects," is co-authored with Hou’s former doctoral student Ping Zhang, associate professor at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
2/20/2019

Monnat featured in CityLab article on geography of the opioid crisis
A new working paper written by Shannon Monnat was featured in the CityLab article "There’s a Rural-Urban Divide in the Opiate Crisis." Monnat argues that in both rural and urban communities, two key factors—economic distress and supply of opioids—predict the rate of opioid deaths. "I really do want to push back against this cliche that addiction does not discriminate," Monnat says.
2/14/2019

Monnat paper on opioid users' opinions of fentanyl published
"'You Never Know What You’re Getting': Opioid Users’ Perceptions of Fentanyl in Southwest Pennsylvania," co-authored by Shannon Monnat, was published in Substance Use & Misuse. The authors "sought to describe perceptions of fentanyl within a population of past-year opioid users, while capturing how their motivations for choosing, or avoiding, fentanyl were shaped by similar contextual factors."
1/25/2019

Singleton cited in Psychology Today article on marriage, happiness
A 2012 study by Perry Singleton, associate professor of economics, was cited in the Psychology Today article "Are Married People Happier? Questions Answered." Singleton found that the onset of a work-preventing disability correlates with an increased likelihood of divorce.
1/23/2019

Maxwell leads campuswide initiative in field of autonomous systems
A new interdisciplinary effort at Syracuse University will advance knowledge and teaching in the field of autonomous systems, exploring new frontiers in policy, law and governance of these fast-expanding technologies. Professor Jamie Winders, chair of the Geography Department in the Maxwell School, will lead the initiative.
1/23/2019

Maxwell faculty secure RWJF grant to study preemption effect on health
Doug Wolf, Shannon Monnat, and Jennifer Karas Montez were awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Policies for Action Pogram for their project titled "Local Initiatives, State Preemption, and Public Health." The team will explore pre-emption’s effect on geographic inequities in health, focusing on labor and environmental policies.
1/17/2019

McDowell paper on China's bilateral swap agreements published
"The (Ineffective) Financial Statecraft of China's Bilateral Swap Agreements," written by Daniel McDowell, was published in Development and Change as part of a special issue titled, "Beyond Bretton Woods: Complementarity and Competition in the International Economic Order"
1/15/2019

Monnat publishes study on geographic variation in drug mortality rates
"The contributions of socioeconomic and opioid supply factors to U.S. drug mortality rates: Urban-rural and within-rural differences," written by Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, was published in the Journal of Rural Studies.
1/14/2019

Karas Montez study on educational disparities, mortality published
A new study co-authored by Jennifer Karas Montez was published in Demography. The study, "Educational Disparities in Adult Mortality Across U.S. States: How Do They Differ, and Have They Changed Since the Mid-1980s?," expands knowledge about educational disparities and their growth by examining them at the U.S. state level.
1/11/2019

Sezgin awarded NEH fellowship to study democratization of Islamic laws
Yüksel Sezgin has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship, supporting research into the complex interplay between democracy and Muslim Family Laws (MFLs) in non-uslim-majority countries. He will use the $60,000 fellowship to work on a book-length comparative study of the democratization of Islamic laws in Greece, Ghana, India and Israel.
1/8/2019

Michelmore paper on targeting low-income students for college released
"Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students," co-authored by Katherine Michelmore, was issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The paper was cited by the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Magazine, and others.
12/13/2018

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