The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Will Deepen the Farm Crisis, Not Solve It

Rebecca Schewe and Rick Welsh
The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) promises billions in new farm subsidies, but most of that money won’t go to the farmers who need it most. This brief describes how the OBBB’s changes to agricultural subsidy programs will disproportionately benefit large farms and non-farming investors, accelerating farm loss and consolidation across the United States.
April 1, 2026

Policy Design Complexity and Policy Outputs: Theory and Methods

Brandon Charles, Saba Siddiki, Matia Vannoni, Christopher Frantz, Nicholas Oesterling

The article, co-authored by Saba Siddiki, professor of public administration and international affairs, and Maxwell Ph.D. students Brandon Charles and Nicholas Oesterling, was published in Policy Design and Practice.

March 24, 2026

See related: Government, Research Methods

Pirate Gold Provides New Insights Into West African Trade Using pXRF and SEM EDS Analysis

Tobias B. Skowronek, Brandon Clifford, Christopher R. DeCorse

Co-authored by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Christopher DeCorse, the article was published in Heritage Science.

March 24, 2026

See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Archaeology, Trade

How Does Striving Against Adversity Impact Emotional Well-being and Cardiovascular Risk in Children?

Brooks B. Gump, Stefanie Pilkay, Xiafei Wang, Sara Vasilenko, Nader H. Attallah-Yunes, Sarah Woolf-King, Stephen Maisto, Edith Chen, and Craig K. Ewart
Working hard and persisting through challenges (i.e., striving) are often encouraged for children who face adversity, but these coping strategies come with hidden costs. This brief describes how striving in the face of adversity influences mental wellbeing and cardiovascular health.
March 24, 2026

Property Taxation and Housing Supply

Georg U. Thunecke
This report, by Georg U. Thunecke, studies the real effects of property taxation on housing markets using variation in
municipal property tax rates in Germany.
March 20, 2026

Transmission of Religiosity Across Generations: Historical, Cohort, and Relational Dynamics

Merril Silverstein, Woosang Hwang, Joonsik Yoon, Wencheng Zhang, Jeung Hyun Kim, Kent Jason Cheng, Maria Teresa Brown

Co-authored by Professor and Chair of Sociology Merril Silverstein, the article was published in the Sociology of Religion.

March 19, 2026

See related: Parenting & Family, Religion, United States

The Inequities of Being Smart: Uneven Development and Smart City Technology Adoption

Austin Zwick, Zachary Spicer

The study, co-authored by Austin Zwick, associate teaching professor of policy studies, was published in Applied Geography. 

March 18, 2026

See related: Income, Infrastructure, State & Local Government, Technology & Innovation, Urban Issues

Identifying Common Trend Determinants in Panel Data

Yoonseok Lee, Peter C. B. Phillips, Suyong Song, and Donggyu Sul
March 18, 2026

Living in Liberal Areas Reduced COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Conservatives

Brittany L. Kmush and Rachel E. Dinero
This brief describes how residential political climate influenced COVID-19 vaccination decisions among liberals and conservatives. The authors found that while liberals had low vaccine hesitancy and high vaccine uptake regardless of the politics in their communities, conservatives’ vaccine hesitancy and uptake varied by the political climate of their community.
March 17, 2026

Exports and Intergenerational Mobility

Devashish Mitra, Hoang Pham, Beyza Ural Marchand

Co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, the study was published in the Journal of International Economics.

March 13, 2026

See related: Children, Adolescents, International Agreements, Labor, Southeast Asia, Trade

Reared in Disaster: The Long-Run Harm from Childhood Storm Exposure

Lucas Kaplan
March 12, 2026

US State Policy Contexts and Mental Health Among Working-Age Adults

Iliya Gutin, Jennifer Karas Montez, Emily Wiemers, Shannon M. Monnat, Douglas A. Wolf

The article, co-authored by Maxwell faculty members Iliya Gutin, Jennifer Karas Montez, Emily Wiemers, Shannon Monnat and Douglas Wolf, was published in The Milbank Quarterly.

March 11, 2026

See related: COVID-19, Mental Health, State & Local Government, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Redistributive Land Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and Structural Change: New Cross-National Evidence

Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu

The article, co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra and Associate Professor of Economics Abdulaziz Shifa, was published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

March 11, 2026

See related: Agriculture, Economic Policy, Labor

Time Invariant Variables in the Mundlak and Hausman-Taylor Panel Data Models

Badi H. Baltagi and Long Liu
March 9, 2026

Two Special Spatial Weight Matrices and Their Effects on Estimation and Testing in Spatial Regressions

Badi H. Baltagi and Long Liu
March 9, 2026

Immigration Enforcement and Origin Country Labor Markets

Thomas Pearson
March 4, 2026

Making US Food Pantries More Old-Age Friendly

Madonna Harrington Meyer, Winston Scott

The article, co-authored by University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ph.D. student Winston Scott, was published in the Journal of Aging and Social Change.

March 4, 2026

See related: Aging, Food Security, Nutrition, United States

How Do State Labor Policies Impact Disability for Latino Adults in the U.S.?

Marc A. Garcia, Blakelee Kemp, and Erin Bisesti
This brief describes how these policies influence disability rates among Latino adults aged 45-85 in the United States. The authors find that, from 2000 to 2016, Latino disability rates were lower in states with more worker-friendly labor protections. The disability rate among Latinos was 21.6% in states with the most conservative labor policies compared to 17.6% in states with the most liberal policies. 
March 3, 2026

See related: United States

Property Tax Pass-Through to Renters: A Quasi-Experimental Approach

Sarah Baker
This report, by Sarah Baker, provides new evidence that a landlord’s property tax bill does affect rent for new tenants, violating the law of one price.
February 27, 2026

Rising waters, falling taxes: The impact of Hurricane Sandy on property tax assessments in New York City

Wei Guo, Qing Miao, Yusun Kim, Yilin Hou

Co-authored by Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, the study was published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

February 26, 2026

See related: Housing, Natural Disasters, New York City, State & Local Government, Taxation

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