Working Papers Education Domestic Policy & Politics Environmental Policy Advocacy Economics Health Policy International Development Political Science Social Psychology Facet Area of Focus - Working Papers Benjamin Castleman Jay Shimshack Craig Volden Edgar O. Olsen Sarah Turner Adam Leive Christopher J. Ruhm Daniel W. Player Daphna Bassok Isaac Mbiti Sophie Trawalter Facet People - Working Papers EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Center for Effective Lawmaking Facet UVA Partner - Working Papers Working Paper Racial Rent Differences in U.S. Housing Markets Authors: Edgar O. Olsen, Paul E. Carrillo, Dirk W. Early This paper exploits an unusually rich data set to estimate racial differences in the rents paid for identical housing in the same neighborhood in U.S. housing markets and how they vary with neighborhood racial composition. It overcomes the shortcomings of the data used in previous studies. Results suggest that households led by blacks pay more for identical housing in identical neighborhoods than their white counterparts and that this rent gap increases with the fraction of the neighborhood white. Learn more Working Paper Environmental Policy Costly Sanctions and the Treatment of Frequent Violators in Regulatory Settings Authors: Jay Shimshack, Michael B. Ward Regulators typically treat frequent violators more harshly. When does such harsh treatment maximize overall compliance? Learn more Working Paper Education Teacher-Child Racial Match and Parental Engagement in Head Start Authors: Anna Markowitz, Jason Grissom Learn more Working Paper Education Full- Vs. Half- Day Pre-K: Results from Year 1 of a Longitudinal, Multi-Cohort Randomized Control Trial Authors: Allison Atteberry, Vivian Wong Learn more Working Paper Education Measuring the Quality of Teacher-Child Interactions at Scale: The Implications of Using Local Practitioners to Conduct Classroom Observations Authors: Daniel W. Player, Daphna Bassok, Bridget K. Hamre, Virginia E. Vitiello, Amanda P. Williford Learn more Working Paper On the Benefits and Costs of Public Access to Data Used to Support Federal Policy Making Authors: Randall Lutter, David Zorn Over the past few decades, the quality of published scientific research has increasingly come into question. Top academic journals and research organizations have realized that empirical research that cannot be replicated has little credibility. Learn more Working Paper False beliefs are associated with racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations only among White (not among non-White) medical students and residents Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M. Hoffman, M. Norman Oliver, Jordan Axt Learn more Working Paper Social Psychology Keep the Kids Inside: Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence Authors: Jennifer L. Doleac, Jillian B. Carr Gun violence is an important problem across the United States. Due to limited data, it has been difficult to convincingly test the impacts of government policies on the quantity and geography of gunfire. This paper uses a new source of data on gunfire incidents, which does not suffer from selective underreporting common in other crime datasets, to measure the effects of juvenile curfews in Washington, DC. Learn more Working Paper Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from Sales of Emergency Supplies Before and After Hurricanes Authors: Jay Shimshack, Thomas K.M. Beatty, Richard J. Volpe Government information warns households to acquire emergency supplies as hurricanes threaten and directs households to stay off roads after hurricanes make landfall. Do households follow this advice? Learn more Working Paper Spatial Models of Legislative Effectiveness Authors: Craig Volden, Matthew P. Hitt, Alan E. Wiseman Spatial models of policymaking have evolved from the median voter theorem through the inclusion of institutional considerations such as political parties, committees, and various voting and amendment rules. Such models, however, implicitly assume that no policy is more effective than another at solving public policy problems and that all proposers are equally capable of advancing proposals. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next ›
Working Paper Racial Rent Differences in U.S. Housing Markets Authors: Edgar O. Olsen, Paul E. Carrillo, Dirk W. Early This paper exploits an unusually rich data set to estimate racial differences in the rents paid for identical housing in the same neighborhood in U.S. housing markets and how they vary with neighborhood racial composition. It overcomes the shortcomings of the data used in previous studies. Results suggest that households led by blacks pay more for identical housing in identical neighborhoods than their white counterparts and that this rent gap increases with the fraction of the neighborhood white. Learn more
Working Paper Environmental Policy Costly Sanctions and the Treatment of Frequent Violators in Regulatory Settings Authors: Jay Shimshack, Michael B. Ward Regulators typically treat frequent violators more harshly. When does such harsh treatment maximize overall compliance? Learn more
Working Paper Education Teacher-Child Racial Match and Parental Engagement in Head Start Authors: Anna Markowitz, Jason Grissom Learn more
Working Paper Education Full- Vs. Half- Day Pre-K: Results from Year 1 of a Longitudinal, Multi-Cohort Randomized Control Trial Authors: Allison Atteberry, Vivian Wong Learn more
Working Paper Education Measuring the Quality of Teacher-Child Interactions at Scale: The Implications of Using Local Practitioners to Conduct Classroom Observations Authors: Daniel W. Player, Daphna Bassok, Bridget K. Hamre, Virginia E. Vitiello, Amanda P. Williford Learn more
Working Paper On the Benefits and Costs of Public Access to Data Used to Support Federal Policy Making Authors: Randall Lutter, David Zorn Over the past few decades, the quality of published scientific research has increasingly come into question. Top academic journals and research organizations have realized that empirical research that cannot be replicated has little credibility. Learn more
Working Paper False beliefs are associated with racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations only among White (not among non-White) medical students and residents Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M. Hoffman, M. Norman Oliver, Jordan Axt Learn more
Working Paper Social Psychology Keep the Kids Inside: Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence Authors: Jennifer L. Doleac, Jillian B. Carr Gun violence is an important problem across the United States. Due to limited data, it has been difficult to convincingly test the impacts of government policies on the quantity and geography of gunfire. This paper uses a new source of data on gunfire incidents, which does not suffer from selective underreporting common in other crime datasets, to measure the effects of juvenile curfews in Washington, DC. Learn more
Working Paper Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from Sales of Emergency Supplies Before and After Hurricanes Authors: Jay Shimshack, Thomas K.M. Beatty, Richard J. Volpe Government information warns households to acquire emergency supplies as hurricanes threaten and directs households to stay off roads after hurricanes make landfall. Do households follow this advice? Learn more
Working Paper Spatial Models of Legislative Effectiveness Authors: Craig Volden, Matthew P. Hitt, Alan E. Wiseman Spatial models of policymaking have evolved from the median voter theorem through the inclusion of institutional considerations such as political parties, committees, and various voting and amendment rules. Such models, however, implicitly assume that no policy is more effective than another at solving public policy problems and that all proposers are equally capable of advancing proposals. Learn more