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Real Estate Taxes and Home Value: Evidence from TCJA

Wenli Li and Edison G. Yu
Wenli Li and Edison G. Yu examine the impact of changes in the federal tax treatment of owner-occupied housing stemming from the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in January 2018 on local housing markets.
November 12, 2021

Depression and Mental Health Service Use among 12–17 Year Old U.S. Adolescents: Associations with Current Parental and Sibling Military Service

Andrew London
Andrew London, professor of sociology, found that adolescents who have a sibling currently serving in the military are an at-risk population for MDE and potentially other mental and behavioral health problems.
November 10, 2021

Retrofitting Leninism: Participation without Democracy in China

Dimitar Gueorguiev

Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science, argues that the key to the Communist Party’s longevity is its ability to integrate authoritarian control with social inclusion through modern telecommunications technologies. 

November 9, 2021

Rural Counties Lost More Years of Life than Urban Counties in 2020

Yue Sun

Now, higher COVID-19 mortality rates in rural areas threaten to exacerbate the existing rural mortality penalty.

November 9, 2021

Capitalisation of a Recurring Tax on Properties: Evidence from a Local Property Tax Reform

Andreas Økland
Andreas Økland utilizes rich micro data to study the introduction of a local property tax in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.
November 5, 2021

Women Report Worse Employment Impacts from Family Caregiving

Claire Pendergrast

Families struggling to balance caregiving and paid employment face emotional, social, and financial stress, with especially severe negative impacts for women.

November 2, 2021

Coordination among Small Localities and Returns to Scale in Property Value Assessment: Evidence from New York State

Yusun Kim, Yilin Hou, John Yinger
Yusun Kim, Yilin Hou, and John Yinger take advantage of cooperative agreements among small tax-assessing jurisdictions to explore economies of scale in property valuation.
October 29, 2021

How Are Parental and Sibling Military Service Related to Adolescent Depression and Mental Health Service Use?

Andrew S. London

Ultimately, younger siblings of currently serving military personnel are an under-recognized at-risk population for depression and may have unmet needs for mental health care.

October 27, 2021

Limited Contracts, Limited Quality? Effects of Adjunct Instructors on Student Outcomes in Higher Education

Maria Zhu
Zhu paper on the effects of adjunct instructors on student outcomes published in Econ of Edu Review
October 22, 2021

Balancing the Halo Data Surveillance Disclosure and Algorithmic Opacity in Smart Hearing Aids

Krista Kennedy, Noah Wilson, Charlotte Tschider

This study explores algorithmic opacity in smart hearing aids, examines data surveillance disclosures and positions findings within relevant legal contexts.

October 19, 2021

Measuring Correlation-to-Causation Exaggeration in Press Releases

Bei Yu, Jun Wang, Lu Guo, Yingya Li
The result of an NSF-funded project, the authors propose a Natural Language Processing approach to identify when press releases overstate causal claims for research that was originally observational and designed to establish correlational findings.
October 19, 2021

Do Minimum Charity Care Provision Requirements Increase Provision of Charity Care in Nonprofit Hospitals?

Michah W. Rothbart, Nara Yoon

This brief summarizes findings from research examining the differences in provisions of charity care across different hospital market sectors – non-profit, for-profit, and government.

October 19, 2021

Welfare Effects of Property Taxation

Max Löffler, Sebastian Siegloch

Max Löffler and Sebastian Siegloch show that the tax incidence depends on how housing prices, labor and other types of incomes as well as public services respond to property tax changes.

October 15, 2021

The U.S. Must Invest More in the Child Care Subsidy Program

Taryn Morrissey, Colleen Heflin, William Clay Fannin

This data slice analyzes 2019 administrative data from Virginia to examine gaps in child care subsidy receipts.

October 12, 2021

The U.S. Child Care Subsidy Program Is Underused but Well-Positioned to Promote Racial Equity

Taryn Morrissey, Colleen Heflin, William Clay Fannin

This brief summarizes findings from a recently published paper examining administrative data from the Commonwealth of Virginia. 

October 12, 2021

The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation

Carlos F. Avenancio-Leon, Troup Howard

Carlos F. Avenancio-León and Troup Howard document a nationwide “assessment gap” which leads local governments to place a disproportionate fiscal burden on racial and ethnic minorities.

October 8, 2021

Researchers examine COVID’s toll on NYC children’s health, education

Amy Ellen Schwartz, professor of economics and public administration and international affairs, is one of two principal investigators for a five-year research project to examine how, over time, COVID-19 has affected children’s health and education in New York City. Maxwell School faculty colleague Michah W. Rothbart is among the co-investigators.�Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the $3.5 million study is a collaboration by researchers at Syracuse University, New York University and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
October 6, 2021

Critical climate justice

Farhana Sultana
October 6, 2021

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Older Adult Vaccination Rates Lag in Rural Areas and the South

Claire Pendergrast, Yue Sun

This brief examines geographic trends in COVID-19 vaccination rates for adults age 65+. 

October 5, 2021

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