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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 Published Research Revitalizing the Yamuna River: Social Entrepreneurship Approaches Authors: Bala Mulloth, Bharat Rao New Delhi, India’s capital city, with a population of almost twenty-two million faces a daunting challenge: Its sacred river, the Yamuna, is one of the most polluted in the world. In fact, within the city limits, the Yamuna is primarily constituted by treated and untreated sewage and other toxic effluents. The water is rendered “dead” with zero oxygen, thus posing serious health hazards to the citizens of New Delhi. Might there be a way to cleanup and revitalize the river plain using social entrepreneurial approaches? Learn more Published Research Economics New Case: Losses (and Gains) from Health Reform for Non-Medicaid Uninsureds Authors: Adam Leive, Mark Pauly, Scott Harrington This article examines how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would change financial resources for and transfers to the previously uninsured if they were to purchase coverage in the ACA insurance exchanges (marketplaces) in 2014. The results suggest that the law provides gains to some, relative to their spending in the pre-ACA period, particularly those in poor health and with very low incomes, but it also potentially imposes financial losses on many, again compared to their experience when uninsured. Learn more Published Research Party Calls and Reelection in the US Senate Authors: Ethan Hershberger, William Minozzi, Craig Volden Minozzi and Volden advance the idea that a substantial portion of partisan voting activity in Congress is a simple call to unity that is especially easily embraced by ideological extremists. If correct, Minozzi and Volden’s findings should extend from the House to the Senate, despite differences in institutional structures and in tools at the disposal of party leaders across the two chambers. Learn more Published Research Economics Social Entrepreneurship Diogenes-FG: Heralding Responsible Innovation in Fiduciary Services for Retirement and Nonprofit Trustees Authors: Bala Mulloth, Robert Patterson, John Whitworth Diogenes pioneered the use of technology to support trustees and boards in their role as fiduciaries of employee retirement funds. Typically, a multinational corporation with operations in 30-40 countries may have hundreds of pension plans, each with their own characteristics. Learn more Published Research Economics Education Cognitive Performance and Labour Market Outcomes Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Dajun Lin, Randall Lutter We use the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and other sources to examine how cognitive performance near the end of secondary schooling relates to labour market outcomes through age fifty. Our preferred estimates control for individual and family backgrounds, non-cognitive attributes, and survey years. Learn more Published Research Education Are Parents’ Ratings and Satisfaction with Preschools related to Program Features? Authors: Daniel W. Player, Daphna Bassok, Anna J. Markowitz, Michelle Zagardo This study examines whether parents’ overall satisfaction with their child’s early childhood education (ECE) program is correlated with a broad set of program characteristics, including (a) observational assessments of teacher-child interactions; (b) structural features of the program, such as teacher education and class size; (c) practical and convenience factors (e.g., hours, cost); and (d) a measure of average classroom learning gains. It then describes associations between parents’ evaluation of specific program characteristics and externally collected measures of those features. Learn more Published Research Economics Health Policy A Cautionary Tale in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Perils and Pitfalls of Observational Data Analysis Authors: Adam Leive, Armando Franco, Dana Goldman, Daniel McFadden Health care costs represent a nearly 18% of U.S. gross domestic product and 20% of government spending. While there is detailed information on where these health care dollars are spent, there is much less evidence on how this spending affects health. Learn more Working Paper Dying to Win? Olympic Gold Medals and Longevity Authors: Adam Leive Contrary to conventional wisdom, winners die over one year earlier than losers Learn more Published Research Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Senate Authors: Craig Volden, Alan E. Wiseman Just like members of the House, US senators vary in how effective they are at lawmaking. We create Legislative Effectiveness Scores for each senator in each of the 93rd–113th Congresses (1973–2015). We use these scores to explore common claims about institutional differences in lawmaking between the House and the Senate. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Next page Next ›
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
Published Research Revitalizing the Yamuna River: Social Entrepreneurship Approaches Authors: Bala Mulloth, Bharat Rao New Delhi, India’s capital city, with a population of almost twenty-two million faces a daunting challenge: Its sacred river, the Yamuna, is one of the most polluted in the world. In fact, within the city limits, the Yamuna is primarily constituted by treated and untreated sewage and other toxic effluents. The water is rendered “dead” with zero oxygen, thus posing serious health hazards to the citizens of New Delhi. Might there be a way to cleanup and revitalize the river plain using social entrepreneurial approaches? Learn more
Published Research Economics New Case: Losses (and Gains) from Health Reform for Non-Medicaid Uninsureds Authors: Adam Leive, Mark Pauly, Scott Harrington This article examines how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would change financial resources for and transfers to the previously uninsured if they were to purchase coverage in the ACA insurance exchanges (marketplaces) in 2014. The results suggest that the law provides gains to some, relative to their spending in the pre-ACA period, particularly those in poor health and with very low incomes, but it also potentially imposes financial losses on many, again compared to their experience when uninsured. Learn more
Published Research Party Calls and Reelection in the US Senate Authors: Ethan Hershberger, William Minozzi, Craig Volden Minozzi and Volden advance the idea that a substantial portion of partisan voting activity in Congress is a simple call to unity that is especially easily embraced by ideological extremists. If correct, Minozzi and Volden’s findings should extend from the House to the Senate, despite differences in institutional structures and in tools at the disposal of party leaders across the two chambers. Learn more
Published Research Economics Social Entrepreneurship Diogenes-FG: Heralding Responsible Innovation in Fiduciary Services for Retirement and Nonprofit Trustees Authors: Bala Mulloth, Robert Patterson, John Whitworth Diogenes pioneered the use of technology to support trustees and boards in their role as fiduciaries of employee retirement funds. Typically, a multinational corporation with operations in 30-40 countries may have hundreds of pension plans, each with their own characteristics. Learn more
Published Research Economics Education Cognitive Performance and Labour Market Outcomes Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Dajun Lin, Randall Lutter We use the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and other sources to examine how cognitive performance near the end of secondary schooling relates to labour market outcomes through age fifty. Our preferred estimates control for individual and family backgrounds, non-cognitive attributes, and survey years. Learn more
Published Research Education Are Parents’ Ratings and Satisfaction with Preschools related to Program Features? Authors: Daniel W. Player, Daphna Bassok, Anna J. Markowitz, Michelle Zagardo This study examines whether parents’ overall satisfaction with their child’s early childhood education (ECE) program is correlated with a broad set of program characteristics, including (a) observational assessments of teacher-child interactions; (b) structural features of the program, such as teacher education and class size; (c) practical and convenience factors (e.g., hours, cost); and (d) a measure of average classroom learning gains. It then describes associations between parents’ evaluation of specific program characteristics and externally collected measures of those features. Learn more
Published Research Economics Health Policy A Cautionary Tale in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Perils and Pitfalls of Observational Data Analysis Authors: Adam Leive, Armando Franco, Dana Goldman, Daniel McFadden Health care costs represent a nearly 18% of U.S. gross domestic product and 20% of government spending. While there is detailed information on where these health care dollars are spent, there is much less evidence on how this spending affects health. Learn more
Working Paper Dying to Win? Olympic Gold Medals and Longevity Authors: Adam Leive Contrary to conventional wisdom, winners die over one year earlier than losers Learn more
Published Research Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Senate Authors: Craig Volden, Alan E. Wiseman Just like members of the House, US senators vary in how effective they are at lawmaking. We create Legislative Effectiveness Scores for each senator in each of the 93rd–113th Congresses (1973–2015). We use these scores to explore common claims about institutional differences in lawmaking between the House and the Senate. Learn more