Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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• Notes from the Editor AI翻译
  作者：[Anonymous]
• Can Crime Be Deterred at Low Cost? Evidence From a Randomized Experiment in New York AI翻译
  作者：Aboaba, Oludamilare; Chalfin, Aaron; Laforest-Tucker, Michael; Parker, Lucie; Sharkey, Patrick
  作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research; George Washington University; University of Chicago; Princeton University
  摘要：Can crime be deterred at low cost? We report the results of a randomized experiment of a messaging intervention designed to deter offending among individuals under parole supervision with a prior violent felony conviction or firearm arrest. The intervention consisted of a group meeting in which high-risk paroled individuals were notified of the sanction they would face upon reoffending while being offered community resources to support re-integration into the community. The program did not lea...
• Can Machine Learning Target Health Care Fraud? Evidence From Medicare Hospitalizations AI翻译
  作者：Shekhar, Shubhranshu; Leder-Luis, Jetson; Akoglu, Leman
  作者单位：Brandeis University; Boston University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Carnegie Mellon University
  摘要：The United States spends more than $4 trillion per year on health care, largely conducted by private providers and reimbursed by insurers. A major concern in this system is overbilling and fraud by hospitals, who face incentives to misreport their claims to receive higher payments. In this work, we develop novel machine learning tools to identify hospitals that overbill insurers, which can be used to guide investigations and auditing of suspicious hospitals for both public and private health i...
• The Impact of Amazon Facilities on Local Economies AI翻译
  作者：Pathania, Vikram; Netessine, Serguei
  作者单位：Amazon.com; University of Pennsylvania
  摘要：A number of large companies deploy facilities-factories, warehouses, shopping malls-that employ thousands of people directly and indirectly. Local governments have been enticing these companies with various financial incentives. But how much economic growth do these facilities promote, if any? We study this question using Amazon distribution facilities as the case in point. We show evidence of a positive effect of opening Amazon's distribution facilities on counties' economic outcomes. We focu...
• Credit card rewards and their costs AI翻译
  作者：[Anonymous]
• Pioneering Progress: American Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy AI翻译
  作者：Lee, Kai N.
  作者单位：Stanford University
• Notes from the Editor AI翻译
  作者：[Anonymous]
• When I Can Make Them Smile: Cash Transfers and the Joys of Mothering in the Context of Poverty AI翻译
  作者：Halpern-Meekin, Sarah; Hoiting, Jill; Mendenhall, Ruby; Spiegel, Michelle
  作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  摘要：Poverty researchers focus on whether interventions relieve material hardships and the stresses of financial insecurity. Although these are essential outcomes, a narrow focus on them can limit the evaluation of policy effectiveness. Further, the predominant focus in the field on individual outcomes may miss how policy matters for family relationships. The present study takes a relational perspective and attends to positive policy outcomes such as joy. It uses the case of unconditional cash tran...
• Schedule-Driven Productivity: Evidence From Nontraditional School Calendars AI翻译
  作者：Landon, Taylor J.; Pope, Nolan G.
  作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
  摘要：Schools often overlook how structuring student and teacher schedules may impact educational outcomes. We analyze the impact of nontraditional school calendars on student and teacher productivity. These calendars differentially allocate mandated instructional time by choosing (1) the number of hours in the school day, (2) the number of school days each year, and (3) the distribution of school days throughout the year. To do this, we use administrative data on over 2 million students and exploit...
• Obtaining Comparable Measures of Organizational Performance: An Application to US Federal Agencies, 2002-2024 AI翻译
  作者：Krause, George A.; Lewis, David E.
  作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Vanderbilt University
  摘要：Evaluating the comparative performance of U.S. federal agencies is difficult, particularly since both tasks and missions vary so dramatically. In addition, forces beyond an agency's control (e.g., COVID, an economic downturn, etc.) can determine outcomes even when agencies are performing at a high level. In this paper, we introduce a new approach to measuring organizational performance, something conceptually distinct from, but correlated with, both organizational inputs and outcomes. This mea...