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Center for Policy Research
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faculty experts of a range of disciplines
graduate students conducting research to address pressing issues
research areas connect faculty across departments and disciplines
Featured Event
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36th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy
September 11, 2024, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT | Eggers Hall, 220
Featured Research
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Earnings and Employment Patterns Following Child-Care Subsidy Receipt
W. Clay Fannin, Colleen Heflin, Taryn Morrissey
May 2024
Douglas A. Wolf, Shannon M. Monnat, Emily E. Wiemers, Yue Sun, Xue Zhang, Elyse R. Grossman, Jennifer Karas Montez
“State COVID-19 Policies and Drug Overdose Mortality Among Working-Age Adults in the United States, 2020,” co-authored by Maxwell faculty members Douglas Wolf, Shannon Monnat, Emily Weimers and Jennifer Karas Montez, was published in the American Journal of Public Health.
May 2024
Gabriela Kirk-Werner, April D. Fernandes. Brittany Friedman
This case study documents how "pay-to-stay” fees, or the practice of charging incarcerated individuals for the cost of their incarceration, represent a form of stategraft.
April 2024
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
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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.
Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Maxwell X Lab
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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CPR/Metro Alumni
The Center serves students, graduates and faculty for a lifetime and it's our pleasure to spread the word about the wonderful things going on in CPR and throughout the Maxwell School.
Alums—update us on what you’ve been up to, where you are employed and how your time in CPR impacted your life by filling out our Alumni Update form. We will gladly share your stories in our Connection Newsletter, a publication that shares news about the Center’s students, faculty, staff and alumni. Join us for the events and activities we have throughout the year and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Research
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Jul 17, 2024
Research
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Jul 3, 2024
Research
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Jul 2, 2024
Research
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Jul 1, 2024