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Olsen The purpose of this paper is to describe proposals for reform of low-income housing assistance that will alleviate poverty without increasing public spending. Low-income housing assistance is fertile ground for such reforms. Learn more Published Research A View from the United States Authors: Harry Harding Since early June, Hong Kong has been experiencing one of the most serious political crises in its history, arguably the worst since the Maoist-inspired demonstrations against British colonial rule in 1967. The city has been wracked by near-continuous mass protests, some peaceful, some violent. Learn more Working Paper Education College Advising at a National Scale: Experimental Evidence from the CollegePoint initiative Authors: Zach Sullivan, Benjamin Castleman, Eric Bettinger In recognition of the complexity of the college and financial aid application process, and in response to insufficient access to family or school-based counseling among economically-disadvantaged populations, investments at the local, state, and federal level have expanded students’ access to college and financial aid advising. Experimental and quasi-experimental studies of these programs demonstrate that they can generate substantial improvements in the rate at which low-income students enroll and persist in college. Learn more Published Research Oklahoma Wanted $17 Billion To Fight Its Opioid Crisis: What's The Real Cost? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm The state's plan — and the basis of that $17 billion ask — was looking at abatement for the next three decades. That 30-year plan was authored by Christopher Ruhm, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia. He says you can easily get into the billions when you consider the costs of dealing with this epidemic in the long term. Learn more Working Paper Education Nudging at Scale: Experimental Evidence from FAFSA Completion Campaigns Authors: Kelli A. Bird, Benjamin Castleman, Jeffrey T. Denning, Joshua Goodman, Cait Lamberton, Kelly Ochs Rosinger Do nudge interventions that have generated positive impacts at a local level maintain efficacy when scaled state or nationwide? What specific mechanisms explain the positive impacts of promising smaller-scale nudges? We investigate, through two randomized controlled trials, the impact of a national and state-level campaign to encourage students to apply for financial aid for college. Learn more Working Paper Education The Effect of Reduced Student Loan Borrowing on Academic Performance and Default: Evidence from a Loan Counseling Experiment Authors: Andrew Barr, Kelli Bird, Benjamin Castleman Student loan borrowing for higher education has emerged as a top policy concern. Policy makers at the institutional, state, and federal levels have pursued a variety of strategies to inform students about loan origination processes and how much a student has cumulatively borrowed, and to provide students with greater access to loan counseling. Learn more Published Research National Security Innovation Tradecraft: Sustaining Technological Advantage in the Future Army Authors: Bala Mulloth, Adam Jay Harrison, Bharat Rao For more than three years, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been improving how it innovates in the face of rapid technological change. Dozens of departmental, service, and agency initiatives have emerged to address different aspects of the innovation problem. Learn more Published Research The Right Way to Capture College “Opportunity”: Popular Measures Can Paint the Wrong Picture of Low-Income Student Enrollment Authors: Caroline Hoxby, Sarah Turner Higher education may be one of the most important channels through which people can attain improved life outcomes based on their merit rather than family background. If qualified students from lower-income families are underrepresented in higher education, there is potentially a failure not just in equity but in economic efficiency as well. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Charlottesville Works: Harnessing Social Networks to Promote Employment and Fight Poverty Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi Ridge Schuyler believed that social networks were a unique and innovative way to fight poverty through sustainable employment opportunities. This case study describes how Ridge scaled up Charlottesville Works locally around a formalized social network model that connects unemployed individuals living under the federal poverty line to promising jobs through word-of-mouth, at little cost. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship iThrive Games: Championing Responsible Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Games Authors: Bala Mulloth, Susan E. Rivers This case aims to study the growth, evolution, and social innovation of iThrive Games, a socially minded initiative that aims to create meaningful opportunities using technology for teens to enhance the knowledge, mindsets, and skills they need to thrive through development and across the continuum of mental disorder to wellness. iThrive’s focus has been on creating “meaningful games” that is, games that promote health and well-being of teen players. Learn more Published Research Social Entrepreneurship The University of Virginia Pay-for-Success Lab: Jump-Starting University-Based Pay-for-Success Research Labs Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi This case study gives an overview of the creation of the Pay-for-Success (PFS) Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA). It promotes discussion of how other university institutions can scale up their own research labs with a limited budget, and also introduces students to the PFS concept and the role university research institutions can play in the social impact process. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Current page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Next page Next ›
Working Paper Advocacy Can Congress Do Policy Analysis? The Politics of Problem Solving on Capitol Hill Authors: Eric Patashnik, Justin Peck The conventional wisdom is that the U.S. Congress is not well-structured to do policy analysis. According to the received view, Congress’s internal organization is inconsistent with analytical perceptions and definitions of policy issues. Learn more
Working Paper Economics Domestic Policy & Politics Alleviating Poverty through Housing Policy Reform Authors: Edgar O. Olsen The purpose of this paper is to describe proposals for reform of low-income housing assistance that will alleviate poverty without increasing public spending. Low-income housing assistance is fertile ground for such reforms. Learn more
Published Research A View from the United States Authors: Harry Harding Since early June, Hong Kong has been experiencing one of the most serious political crises in its history, arguably the worst since the Maoist-inspired demonstrations against British colonial rule in 1967. The city has been wracked by near-continuous mass protests, some peaceful, some violent. Learn more
Working Paper Education College Advising at a National Scale: Experimental Evidence from the CollegePoint initiative Authors: Zach Sullivan, Benjamin Castleman, Eric Bettinger In recognition of the complexity of the college and financial aid application process, and in response to insufficient access to family or school-based counseling among economically-disadvantaged populations, investments at the local, state, and federal level have expanded students’ access to college and financial aid advising. Experimental and quasi-experimental studies of these programs demonstrate that they can generate substantial improvements in the rate at which low-income students enroll and persist in college. Learn more
Published Research Oklahoma Wanted $17 Billion To Fight Its Opioid Crisis: What's The Real Cost? Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm The state's plan — and the basis of that $17 billion ask — was looking at abatement for the next three decades. That 30-year plan was authored by Christopher Ruhm, a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia. He says you can easily get into the billions when you consider the costs of dealing with this epidemic in the long term. Learn more
Working Paper Education Nudging at Scale: Experimental Evidence from FAFSA Completion Campaigns Authors: Kelli A. Bird, Benjamin Castleman, Jeffrey T. Denning, Joshua Goodman, Cait Lamberton, Kelly Ochs Rosinger Do nudge interventions that have generated positive impacts at a local level maintain efficacy when scaled state or nationwide? What specific mechanisms explain the positive impacts of promising smaller-scale nudges? We investigate, through two randomized controlled trials, the impact of a national and state-level campaign to encourage students to apply for financial aid for college. Learn more
Working Paper Education The Effect of Reduced Student Loan Borrowing on Academic Performance and Default: Evidence from a Loan Counseling Experiment Authors: Andrew Barr, Kelli Bird, Benjamin Castleman Student loan borrowing for higher education has emerged as a top policy concern. Policy makers at the institutional, state, and federal levels have pursued a variety of strategies to inform students about loan origination processes and how much a student has cumulatively borrowed, and to provide students with greater access to loan counseling. Learn more
Published Research National Security Innovation Tradecraft: Sustaining Technological Advantage in the Future Army Authors: Bala Mulloth, Adam Jay Harrison, Bharat Rao For more than three years, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been improving how it innovates in the face of rapid technological change. Dozens of departmental, service, and agency initiatives have emerged to address different aspects of the innovation problem. Learn more
Published Research The Right Way to Capture College “Opportunity”: Popular Measures Can Paint the Wrong Picture of Low-Income Student Enrollment Authors: Caroline Hoxby, Sarah Turner Higher education may be one of the most important channels through which people can attain improved life outcomes based on their merit rather than family background. If qualified students from lower-income families are underrepresented in higher education, there is potentially a failure not just in equity but in economic efficiency as well. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship Charlottesville Works: Harnessing Social Networks to Promote Employment and Fight Poverty Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi Ridge Schuyler believed that social networks were a unique and innovative way to fight poverty through sustainable employment opportunities. This case study describes how Ridge scaled up Charlottesville Works locally around a formalized social network model that connects unemployed individuals living under the federal poverty line to promising jobs through word-of-mouth, at little cost. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship iThrive Games: Championing Responsible Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Games Authors: Bala Mulloth, Susan E. Rivers This case aims to study the growth, evolution, and social innovation of iThrive Games, a socially minded initiative that aims to create meaningful opportunities using technology for teens to enhance the knowledge, mindsets, and skills they need to thrive through development and across the continuum of mental disorder to wellness. iThrive’s focus has been on creating “meaningful games” that is, games that promote health and well-being of teen players. Learn more
Published Research Social Entrepreneurship The University of Virginia Pay-for-Success Lab: Jump-Starting University-Based Pay-for-Success Research Labs Authors: Bala Mulloth, Stefano Rumi This case study gives an overview of the creation of the Pay-for-Success (PFS) Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA). It promotes discussion of how other university institutions can scale up their own research labs with a limited budget, and also introduces students to the PFS concept and the role university research institutions can play in the social impact process. Learn more