EDUCATION
Our research in this area includes research that looks at children of immigrants, bilingualism, and educational inequalities; the impact that school and peer characteristics have on both immediate and long-run academic performance, including test scores
and college graduation; the effect of large changes in school racial composition on neighborhood racial composition and housing prices; entry and degree attainment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields by race/ethnicity
and gender; international education; the impact of summer employment programs on urban youth; the effect of school food policies on childhood obesity; and the Say Yes to Education program. The Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP) explores
the design of equitable school finance formulas and property tax relief programs; the impact of whole school reforms on student performance; determinants of educational costs and school district efficiency; identification of low-performing schools;
potential cost savings from school district consolidation; and the impacts of school integration on educational costs.
Robert Bifulco
Chair and Associate Dean, Public Administration and International Affairs
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs
Research Interests: Education finance and policy, program evaluation
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar
Professor, Economics
Research Interests: Labor economics, applied econometrics, theoretical econometrics
Amy Lutz
Associate Professor, Sociology
Research Interests: Race and ethnicity, immigration, bilingualism, educational inequality

Yingyi Ma
Associate Professor, Sociology
Director, Asian/Asian American Studies
Research Interests: Education, migration and gender with a focus on China and Chinese/Asian America
Jerry Miner
Professor Emeritus, Economics
Research Interests: Public economics, human resources economics, school finance

Ying Shi
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs,
Research Interests: Economics of education, labor economics, political economy

Amy Ellen Schwartz
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs, Economics
Research Interests: Public economics,economics of education, urban economics
John Yinger
Director, Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP)
Associate Director, Center for Policy Research
Trustee Professor, Economics, Public Administration and International Affairs
Research Interests: State and local government finance, education, urban policy

Maria Zhu
Assistant Professor, Economics
Research Interests: Labor economics, economics of education
For more information about CPR programs and research projects, contact
Peggy Austin. You may also obtain general information about CPR by calling +1 315-443-3114, or by sending an email to
ctrpol@syr.edu.