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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 Published Research Economics Time Preferences and Consumer Behavior Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, David Bradford, Charles Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, Patrick McAlvanah We investigate the predictive power of survey-elicited time preferences. The discount factor elicited from choice experiments using real payments predicts various health, energy, and financial outcomes, including overall self-reported health, smoking, installing energy-efficient lighting, and credit card balance. Learn more Published Research Education Identifying and Predicting Effective Leader Practices: Examining Principal Experience and Prior Roles Authors: Daniel W. Player, Dallas Hambrick Hitt The importance of leadership in schools is substantiated, and we know that effective leaders call upon certain practices to influence student achievement. What remains less clear is how the professional backgrounds of educators may influence effective leader practice. Learn more Published Research Habitat for Humanity and the Mixed Income Housing Market in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Matthew Ericson This case addresses how the nonprofit, Habitat for Humanity, handled commercialization through mixed-revenue, mixed-income programming in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Four elements contributed to the successful adoption of mixed-revenue practices in the organization: the organization’s prior business model; its relationship with the private sector; its programming; and its ethos. 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 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
Published Research Economics Time Preferences and Consumer Behavior Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, David Bradford, Charles Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, Patrick McAlvanah We investigate the predictive power of survey-elicited time preferences. The discount factor elicited from choice experiments using real payments predicts various health, energy, and financial outcomes, including overall self-reported health, smoking, installing energy-efficient lighting, and credit card balance. Learn more
Published Research Education Identifying and Predicting Effective Leader Practices: Examining Principal Experience and Prior Roles Authors: Daniel W. Player, Dallas Hambrick Hitt The importance of leadership in schools is substantiated, and we know that effective leaders call upon certain practices to influence student achievement. What remains less clear is how the professional backgrounds of educators may influence effective leader practice. Learn more
Published Research Habitat for Humanity and the Mixed Income Housing Market in Charlottesville Authors: Bala Mulloth, Matthew Ericson This case addresses how the nonprofit, Habitat for Humanity, handled commercialization through mixed-revenue, mixed-income programming in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Four elements contributed to the successful adoption of mixed-revenue practices in the organization: the organization’s prior business model; its relationship with the private sector; its programming; and its ethos. Learn more