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Pennock Gerald Higginbotham Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Jennifer Lawless Michele Claibourn Noah Myung Philip Potter Facet People - Research EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Center for Effective Lawmaking UVA Humanitarian Collaborative National Security Policy Center Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research International and Global Affairs Failure and Hope: Fighting for the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced Authors: Christine Mahoney In 2015, 60 million people were displaced by violent conflict globally - the highest since World War II. National and international policy prevents the displaced from working or moving freely outside the camps set up to ‘temporarily’ house them. Learn more Published Research How Effective are Federally Mandated Information Disclosures? Authors: Arthur G. Fraas Government mandates to disclose information are a standard response to problems of asymmetric information. We examine recent major U.S. regulations issued between 2008 and 2013 to identify disclosure mandates and look for quantitative assessments of their effectiveness in improving comprehension. Learn more Published Research Air Pollution and Procyclical Mortality Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Garth Heutel Prior research demonstrates that mortality rates increase during economic booms and decrease during economic busts, but little is known about the role of environmental risks as a potential mechanism for this relationship. We investigate the contribution of air pollution to the procyclicality of deaths by combining county-level data on overall, cause-specific, and age-specific mortality rates with county-level measures of ambient concentrations of three types of pollutants and the unemployment rate. Learn more Published Research Economics Quantal Response Equilibrium: A Stochastic Theory of Games Authors: Charles Holt, Jacob K. Goeree, Thomas R. Palfrey Quantal Response Equilibrium presents a stochastic theory of games that unites probabilistic choice models developed in psychology and statistics with the Nash equilibrium approach of classical game theory. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology What Lies Beneath? Minority Group Members’ Suspicion of Whites’ Egalitarian Motivation Predicts Responses to Whites’ Smiles Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Jonathan W. Kunstman, Taylor Tuscherer, E. Paige Lloyd Antiprejudice norms and attempts to conceal racial bias have made Whites’ positive treatment of racial minorities attributionally ambiguous. Although some minorities believe Whites’ positivity is genuine, others are suspicious of Whites’ motives and believe their kindness is primarily motivated by desires to avoid appearing prejudiced. Learn more Published Research Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Investigating Rates and Patterns of Financial Aid Renewal Among College Freshmen Authors: Benjamin Castleman, Kelli Bird College affordability continues to be a top concern among prospective students, their families, and policy makers. Prior work has demonstrated that a significant share of prospective students forgo financial aid because they did not complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); recent federal policy efforts have focused on supporting students and their families to successfully file the FAFSA. Learn more Published Research Within-and Between-Sector Quality Differences in Early Childhood Education and Care Authors: Daphna Bassok, Maria Fitzpatrick, Erica Greenberg, Susanna Loeb This study leverages nationally representative data (N ≈ 6,000) to examine the magnitude of quality differences between (a) formal and informal early childhood education and care providers; (b) Head Start, prekindergarten, and other center-based care; and (c) programs serving toddlers and those serving preschoolers. It then documents differences in children’s reading and math skills at age 5 between those who had enrolled in formal and informal settings. Learn more Published Research Assessing School Turnaround: Evidence from Ohio Authors: Daniel W. Player, Veronica Katz Policy makers have struggled to find successful approaches to address concentrated, persistent low school achievement. While NCLB and the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program have devoted significant time and attention to turnaround, very little empirical evidence substantiates whether and how these efforts work. Learn more Published Research Education The Need for Accountability in Education in Developing Countries Authors: Isaac Mbiti Learn more Published Research Education The Effects of Universal State Pre-Kindergarten on the Child Care Sector: The Case of Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten Program Authors: Daphna Bassok, Luke Miller, Eva Galdo Over the past two decades states have drastically increased their investments in pre-kindergarten programs. One major question about state investments in early childhood education programs is to what extent these initiatives create new child care options rather than crowd-out existing private child care options. Learn more Published Research Intensive College Counseling and the Enrollment and Persistence of Low Income Students Authors: Benjamin Castleman, Joshua Goodman Though counseling is one commonly pursued intervention to improve college enrollment and completion for disadvantaged students, there is relatively little causal evidence on its efficacy. We use a regression discontinuity design to study the impact of intensive college counseling provided to college-seeking, low income students by a Massachusetts program that admits applicants partly on the basis of a minimum GPA requirement. Learn more Published Research The Role of Triple-Helix Collaboration in the Development of Cleantech Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned From the Øresund and Moscow Regions Authors: Bala Mulloth Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Next page Next ›
Published Research International and Global Affairs Failure and Hope: Fighting for the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced Authors: Christine Mahoney In 2015, 60 million people were displaced by violent conflict globally - the highest since World War II. National and international policy prevents the displaced from working or moving freely outside the camps set up to ‘temporarily’ house them. Learn more
Published Research How Effective are Federally Mandated Information Disclosures? Authors: Arthur G. Fraas Government mandates to disclose information are a standard response to problems of asymmetric information. We examine recent major U.S. regulations issued between 2008 and 2013 to identify disclosure mandates and look for quantitative assessments of their effectiveness in improving comprehension. Learn more
Published Research Air Pollution and Procyclical Mortality Authors: Christopher J. Ruhm, Garth Heutel Prior research demonstrates that mortality rates increase during economic booms and decrease during economic busts, but little is known about the role of environmental risks as a potential mechanism for this relationship. We investigate the contribution of air pollution to the procyclicality of deaths by combining county-level data on overall, cause-specific, and age-specific mortality rates with county-level measures of ambient concentrations of three types of pollutants and the unemployment rate. Learn more
Published Research Economics Quantal Response Equilibrium: A Stochastic Theory of Games Authors: Charles Holt, Jacob K. Goeree, Thomas R. Palfrey Quantal Response Equilibrium presents a stochastic theory of games that unites probabilistic choice models developed in psychology and statistics with the Nash equilibrium approach of classical game theory. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology What Lies Beneath? Minority Group Members’ Suspicion of Whites’ Egalitarian Motivation Predicts Responses to Whites’ Smiles Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Jonathan W. Kunstman, Taylor Tuscherer, E. Paige Lloyd Antiprejudice norms and attempts to conceal racial bias have made Whites’ positive treatment of racial minorities attributionally ambiguous. Although some minorities believe Whites’ positivity is genuine, others are suspicious of Whites’ motives and believe their kindness is primarily motivated by desires to avoid appearing prejudiced. Learn more
Published Research Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Investigating Rates and Patterns of Financial Aid Renewal Among College Freshmen Authors: Benjamin Castleman, Kelli Bird College affordability continues to be a top concern among prospective students, their families, and policy makers. Prior work has demonstrated that a significant share of prospective students forgo financial aid because they did not complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); recent federal policy efforts have focused on supporting students and their families to successfully file the FAFSA. Learn more
Published Research Within-and Between-Sector Quality Differences in Early Childhood Education and Care Authors: Daphna Bassok, Maria Fitzpatrick, Erica Greenberg, Susanna Loeb This study leverages nationally representative data (N ≈ 6,000) to examine the magnitude of quality differences between (a) formal and informal early childhood education and care providers; (b) Head Start, prekindergarten, and other center-based care; and (c) programs serving toddlers and those serving preschoolers. It then documents differences in children’s reading and math skills at age 5 between those who had enrolled in formal and informal settings. Learn more
Published Research Assessing School Turnaround: Evidence from Ohio Authors: Daniel W. Player, Veronica Katz Policy makers have struggled to find successful approaches to address concentrated, persistent low school achievement. While NCLB and the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program have devoted significant time and attention to turnaround, very little empirical evidence substantiates whether and how these efforts work. Learn more
Published Research Education The Need for Accountability in Education in Developing Countries Authors: Isaac Mbiti Learn more
Published Research Education The Effects of Universal State Pre-Kindergarten on the Child Care Sector: The Case of Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten Program Authors: Daphna Bassok, Luke Miller, Eva Galdo Over the past two decades states have drastically increased their investments in pre-kindergarten programs. One major question about state investments in early childhood education programs is to what extent these initiatives create new child care options rather than crowd-out existing private child care options. Learn more
Published Research Intensive College Counseling and the Enrollment and Persistence of Low Income Students Authors: Benjamin Castleman, Joshua Goodman Though counseling is one commonly pursued intervention to improve college enrollment and completion for disadvantaged students, there is relatively little causal evidence on its efficacy. We use a regression discontinuity design to study the impact of intensive college counseling provided to college-seeking, low income students by a Massachusetts program that admits applicants partly on the basis of a minimum GPA requirement. Learn more
Published Research The Role of Triple-Helix Collaboration in the Development of Cleantech Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned From the Øresund and Moscow Regions Authors: Bala Mulloth Learn more