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Featured Research
Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation in a Spatial Lag Model under a Complete Bipartite Network
Badi H. Baltagi and Long Liu
This working paper considers a spatial lag model with a complete bipartite network weighting matrix which is important in network theory and shows that two-stage least squares is equivalent to ordinary least squares and both estimators are inconsistent for the cross-section data case.
April 2025 | Download full working paper
How Can Public Sector Employers Improve the Effectiveness of Email Recruitment?
Leonard M. Lopoo, Robert Bifulco, Hannah Patnaik, Ashraf Haque, Christine Ashby, George Theoharis
April 2025 | Download Brief
Research Note: Does Despair in Young Adulthood Predict Mortality?
Iliya Gutin, Lauren Gaydosh
“Research Note: Does Despair in Young Adulthood Predict Mortality?” co-authored by Iliya Gutin, research assistant professor in the Center for Policy Research and the Center for Aging and Policy Studies, was published in Demography.
March 2025
CPR Research Areas
Faculty in the Center for Policy Research (CPR) conduct a broad range of interdisciplinary research related to public policy in the following research areas:
- Education and Labor
- Population Health
- Social Policy and Inequality
- Econometrics
- Energy, Environment and Food Systems
- Public Finance
- Urban, Rural and Regional Studies
Center for Policy Design and Governance
Integrating policy, political and computational sciences in research and instruction to help scientists, practitioners and future public service leaders understand and address future governance challenges.
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Partnering with the public and nonprofit sectors, the X Lab leverages behavioral science and randomized controlled trials to create cost-effective solutions to complex problems.
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