Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Economics Shimshack and co-authors find EPA used dubious methodology to justify weakening the Clean Water Act The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by Batten professor Jay Shimshack and environmental economists from leading research institutions across the U.S. Read More Environmental Policy, Economics Castleman and Colleague Shed Light on Rewards of 'Credential Stacking' The impact of “credential stacking” among community college students had long been of interest to Batten’s Ben Castleman and his colleague Katharine Meyer, but they became even more curious about it during the pandemic. Read More Research and Commentary, EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, Education, Economics Q&A: Do Work Requirements Aid Those on Public Assistance? Batten Professor Says No. Adam Leive, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Batten School, questions the effectiveness of work requirements in public assistance. Read More Research and Commentary, Health Policy, Economics Nationally, Air Pollution Has Fallen in Recent Decades. But Disparities Between Communities Persist. Air pollution can have serious consequences for a person’s quality of life. Inhaling high concentrations of “fine particulate matter,” or particles approximately 40 times smaller than a grain of sand, has been linked to cancer, heart disease, and even death Jonathan Colmer told an online audience last week. Read More Department of Economics, Environmental Policy, Economics Shimshack Paper Published in Science Magazine, Garners National Attention PM2.5 air pollution has fallen substantially in the past four decades, yet relative disparities still persist throughout the United States. That is the key finding from a paper published in the July 31 issue of Science magazine, written by Batten School Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jay Shimshack. Read More Research and Commentary, Environmental Policy, Economics Damon Jones Read More Batten, Economics Charles Courtemanche Read More Batten, Health Policy, Economics Maria Micaela Sviatschi Read More Batten, International Development, Labor, Economics Katherine L. Milkman - POSTPONED Read More Batten, Economics, Social Psychology Ellora Derenoncourt - POSTPONED Read More Batten, Economics Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 Next page ›› Subscribe to Economics Categories Student Life(36) Batten Ambassadors(28) Policy Minor(37) Recommendations(11) Curriculum(32) Events(11) Admissions(44) BA(60) Personal Statement(3) Alumni(6) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)MPP(39) Application(31) Accelerated MPP(56) Faculty(2) Essays(8) Career Outcomes(8) SE Minor(19) New Student(13) Study Abroad (1)