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作者：Orr, Larry L.
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
摘要：Policymakers are often urged to rely on evidence-based policy (EBP)-adopting only interventions proven effective (i.e., positive and statistically significant in multisite impact evaluations). EBP clearinghouses chronicle and rate tests of social policy interventions. But EBP clearinghouse standards are based almost entirely on internal validity. They largely ignore whether research findings from multisite trials apply to individual localities, where much of social policy is formulated. We dev...
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作者：[Anonymous]
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作者：Goldring, Thomas; Jacob, Brian A.; Kreisman, Daniel; Ricks, Michael David
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; National Bureau of Economic Research; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln
摘要：In 2015, Michigan increased its Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding and changed its funding formula to reimburse programs based on student progression through program curricula. Although this change nearly doubled program completion rates, student enrollment and persistence were unaffected; instead, administrators accelerated student progress by reorganizing course curricula around notches in the new funding formula. As a result of response heterogeneity, 30% of the funding increase w...
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作者：Daigneault, Pierre-Marc; Ouimet, Mathieu; Fortin-Chouinard, Alexandre; Tadida, Eriole Zita Nonki; Baby-Bouchard, Antoine
作者单位：Laval University
摘要：Non-take-up of social benefits is a significant policy issue caused by factors such as lack of awareness, compliance costs, and stigma. While public information campaigns, default options, and in-person assistance are increasingly used, their effectiveness remains poorly understood. This study provides a systematic review of field experiments evaluating nudges and simple behavioral interventions on program take-up. We analyzed 93 interventions from 35 studies published over nearly 20 years, pr...
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作者：Acland, Daniel; Greenberg, David
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland Baltimore County
摘要：A commonly expressed concern about distributional weighting in benefit-cost analysis is that the informational burden is too high and the practical challenges insurmountable. In this paper, we address this concern by conducting distributional weighting on a number of real-world examples, covering a range of different types of policy impacts. We uncover and explore a number of methodological issues that arise in the process of distributional weighting and provide a simplified set of steps that ...
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作者：Agniel, Denis; Cantor, Jonathan; Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Taylor, Erin A.; Simon, Kosali
作者单位：RAND Corporation; Rand Health; George Mason University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：Older adult opioid overdose deaths have increased over the past two decades in the United States. Methadone, one of three medications approved for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, was not covered by Medicare-the primary insurer of Americans 65 years and older-for OUD until 2020. We study the response of opioid treatment programs (OTPs), the only healthcare providers that can dispense methadone for the treatment of OUD in the United States, to this policy change using administrative data an...
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作者：Nemati, Mehdi
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Riverside
摘要：This study examines the impact of residential water-efficiency standards on household water consumption, utilizing billing data from California. I examine both the short- and long-term impacts of the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), comparing homes constructed just before and after its implementation in 2010. The findings show that, on average, CALGreen homes use 11.7% less water than comparable pre-code homes, with savings persisting over time at approximately 10.9%. Notab...
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作者：Whitaker, Anamarie A.; Burchinal, Margaret; Jenkins, Jade M.; Bailey, Drew H.; Watts, Tyler W.; Duncan, Greg J.; Hart, Emma R.; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen
作者单位：University of Delaware; University of Virginia; University of California System; University of California Irvine; Columbia University Teachers College; Columbia University; Boston College; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
摘要：Public preschool programs are heralded as an effective policy tool for promoting the development and lifelong well-being of children from low-income families. Recent preschool evaluations report divergent findings that are consistently weaker than those of famous demonstration programs implemented in the mid-20th century. We provide potential explanations for these weaker effects, the most compelling of which focuses on improvements in the early childhood conditions of children not enrolling i...
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作者：Grosz, Michel; Milton, Ross
作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
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作者：Mbekeani, Preeya P.; Papay, John P.; Mantil, Ann; Murnane, Richard J.
作者单位：American Institutes for Research; Brown University; Harvard University
摘要：Improving education and labor market outcomes for low-income students is critical for advancing socioeconomic mobility in the United States. We use longitudinal data on five cohorts of ninth-grade students to explore how Massachusetts public high schools affect the longer term outcomes of students, with a special focus on students from low-income families. Using detailed administrative and student survey data, we estimate school value-added impacts on college outcomes and earnings. Observation...
