Center for Policy Research News
Madonna Harrington Meyer named University Professor
The prestigious distinction—a four-year, renewable appointment—is granted to faculty who excel in their fields and who have made extraordinary scholarly contributions as judged by their peers nationally and internationally. “Professor Harrington Meyer’s work is focused on some of the most persistent, difficult and relevant issues facing our society. Her research and teaching challenge us to think through and find solutions that better our communities,” says Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly.
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Hou study on the impact of tax and expenditure limitations published in Publius
Lee study on unmeasured cluster confounding and the bias of effect estimators published in SMMR
Jales paper on discontinuity in density published in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
Monnat study using census data to understand differences in drug mortality published in AJPH
Baltagi and Flores-Lagunes article on the effect of education on health published in RSUE
See related: Education, Europe, Health Policy, Middle East & North Africa
Flores-Lagunes article on quantile treatment effects published in JBES
Monnat publishes study on impact of economic factors on opioid crisis
Bifulco comments on Florida charter school report in San Francisco Chronicle
See related: U.S. Education, United States
Bifulco quoted in Chalkbeat article on concerns about charter schools
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Lopoo discusses govt policies to increase US fertility rate in Medium
"Think about a professional woman who has completed college and some graduate work and may or may not be married, and if they’re married, they have a partner with a similar income," Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs and director of the Center for Policy Research, says. "So they’re sort of in the part of their careers where they’re really climbing rapidly."
See related: Child & Elder Care, Government, Labor, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Baltagi publishes study on successful exporting, foreign ownership
Popp quoted in Washington Post article on taxing carbon
See related: Environment, Taxation, United States
Baltagi article on emissions and economic activities published in Annals of Economics and Statistics
Ma quoted in SCMP article on Chinese students in US, visa challenges
"Many students are scared away already by the new policies even before going through the visa hurdles," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology.
See related: China, Government, U.S. Education, United States
Monnat study on opioid misuse initiation published in Journal of Addictive Diseases
Harrington Meyer book Grandmothers at Work cited in LA Times
According to University Professor Harrington Meyer, grandmothers often share child-rearing duties and ease the childcare burden of working parents, a role that has only been increasing.
See related: Child & Elder Care, United States
Yinger's expertise in residential discrimination cited in The Atlantic
"Community groups like the Urban League started doing audits and tests to show discrimination," John Yinger, Trustee Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs, said. "In 1973, the Urban League found a lot of discrimination in some of the properties that Trump Management owned."
See related: Housing, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Lopoo quoted in TIME article on paid family leave
Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs, was interviewed for the TIME article "Paid Family Leave Has Stalled in Congress for Years. Here's Why That's Changing.". Lopoo was asked about the political dimensions of Paid family leave, and why it has stumped congress for years.
See related: Child & Elder Care, Income, United States
Baltagi article on endogenous regressors in large heterogeneous panels published in JAE
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Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics with Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
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