Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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Volume 44, issue 2, 2025

Rescuing state capacity: Proceduralism, the new politicization, and public policy pp. 364-378

Donald P. Moynihan

Are algorithms biased in education? Exploring racial bias in predicting community college student success pp. 379-402

Kelli A. Bird, Benjamin L. Castleman and Yifeng Song

Police reform from the top down: Experimental evidence on police executive support for civilian oversight pp. 403-427

Ian T. Adams, Joshua McCrain, Daniel S. Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson Schiff and Scott M. Mourtgos

The effect of mass migration on disease transmission: Evidence from the Venezuelan refugee crisis pp. 428-455

Alicia Barriga and Richard A. Dunn

Migrant children's take‐up of social health insurance: Experimental evidence from China pp. 456-482

Menghan Shen, Zhiwei Tang, Xiaoxia Liang and Xiaoyang Ye

Assessment frequency and equity of the property tax: Latest evidence from Philadelphia pp. 483-507

Yilin Hou, Lei Ding, David J. Schwegman and Alaina G. Barca

Matching it up: Non‐standard work and job satisfaction pp. 508-532

Katarzyna Bech‐Wysocka, Magdalena Smyk, Joanna Tyrowicz and Lucas van der Velde

Habit and skill retention in recycling pp. 533-552

Dylan Brewer and Samantha Cameron

Should electric vehicle purchase subsidies be linked with scrappage requirements? pp. 553-578

Kevin Ankney and Benjamin Leard

Spillover effects of Medicaid expansion on Medicare: Evidence from administrative data pp. 579-611

Scott Barkowski, Dajung Jun and Yuting Zhang

Does not‐for‐profit corporatization of local public services improve performance? pp. 612-631

José M. Alonso and Rhys Andrews

Practical issues in conducting distributional weighting in benefit‐cost analysis pp. 632-662

Daniel Acland and David Greenberg

Strengthening work requirements? Forecasting impacts of reforming cash assistance rules pp. 663-673

Josep M. Nadal‐Fernandez, Gabrielle Pepin and Kane Schrader

Not a border crisis, but a labor market crisis: The often overlooked “pull” factor of U.S. border crossings pp. 674-680

Dany Bahar

Black–White differences in Child Protective Services involvement: Evidence on the role of differential ‘risk’ pp. 682-692

Lawrence M. Berger and Brenda Jones Harden

Bias, risk, racism: Reconciling critical and quantitative approaches to understanding racial inequality in child welfare system outcomes pp. 693-706

Frank Edwards

Racism and racial disparities in Child Protective Services involvement: How can government respond? pp. 707-710

Lawrence M. Berger and Brenda Jones Harden

Incorporating a more expansive theory of racism into child and family policy systems pp. 711-714

Frank Edwards

Social Infrastructure and Left‐Behind Places by John Tomaney, Maeve Blackman, Lucy Natarajan, Dimitrios Panayotopoulos‐Tsiros, Florence Sutcliffe‐Braithwaite, and Myfanwy Taylor. Taylor & Francis, 2024, 108 pages. $48.99 (paperback). ISBN 978‐1032710051 pp. 715-720

Ihsan Manshur Putra, Rahayu Lestari and Fauziah Istiqomah Abdunnafi

We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Careby Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein. Penguin, 2023, 304 pp., $29 (paperback) pp. 721-726

Naomi Zewde and Pamela Farley Short

Volume 44, issue 1, 2025

Notes from the Editor pp. 6-6

Erdal Tekin

Measuring returns to experience using supervisor ratings of observed performance: The case of classroom teachers pp. 12-44

Courtney Bell, Jessalynn James, Eric S. Taylor and James Wyckoff

Does one plus one always equal two? Examining complementarities in educational interventions pp. 45-72

Umut Özek

Can information and advising affect postsecondary participation and attainment for military personnel? Evidence from a large‐scale experiment with the U.S. Army pp. 73-96

Andrew C. Barr, Kelli A. Bird, Benjamin L. Castleman and William Skimmyhorn

Can destigmatizing mental health increase willingness to seek help? Experimental evidence from Nepal pp. 97-124

Lindsey Lacey, Nirajana Mishra, Priya Mukherjee, Nikhilesh Prakash, Nishith Prakash, Diane Quinn, Shwetlena Sabarwal and Deepak Saraswat

Effect of vaccine recommendations on consumer and firm behavior pp. 125-150

Brandyn F. Churchill, Laura E. Henkhaus and Emily C. Lawler

The long‐run effects of temporary protection from deportation pp. 151-182

Jorgen Harris and Rhiannon Jerch

To make or buy commercialization: A synthetic control approach pp. 183-207

Jason Coupet

Did the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid eligibility expansions crowd out private health insurance coverage? pp. 208-235

Conor Lennon

For‐profit milk in nonprofit cartons? The case of nonprofit charter schools subcontracting with for‐profit education management organizations pp. 236-265

Stephane Lavertu and Long Tran

A review of the effects of legal access to same‐sex marriage pp. 266-294

M. V. Lee Badgett, Christopher S. Carpenter, Maxine J. Lee and Dario Sansone

Evaluating the effects of geographic adjustments on poverty measures using self‐reported financial well‐being pp. 295-303

Jeff Larrimore

Veteran Affairs disability compensation: Likely the U.S.’s largest disability program, but what do we know about its impacts on service‐disabled veterans? pp. 304-314

Philip Armour and Catria Gadwah‐Meaden

Tariffs on clean‐energy technology pp. 316-322

Arik Levinson

Tariffs are a necessary backstop of the clean energy transition pp. 323-328

Elizabeth Pancotti and Todd Tucker

Tariffs are an obstacle to the clean energy transition pp. 329-331

Arik Levinson

Credible climate policy must account for political and economic realities pp. 332-334

Elizabeth Pancotti and Todd N. Tucker

Mathematics for Social Sciences and Arts: Algebraic Modeling by Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou, Dragana Martinovic, Melanija Mitrović, Philippa Pattison, Eds. 2023, Switzerland: Springer, 2023, 276 pp., €106.99 ($114.65) (e‐book), €129.99 ($139.30) (hardcover) pp. 335-339

St. Maryam Mahaseng

Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons From COVID‐19 by Zachary Parolin. New York: Russell Sage, 2023, 288 pp., $42.50 (paperback) pp. 340-344

Vincent A. Fusaro

Volume 43, issue 3, 2024

Notes from the Editor pp. 654-654

Erdal Tekin

Minimum quality regulations and the demand for childcare labor pp. 660-695

Umair Ali, Chris M. Herbst and Christos A. Makridis

The impact of right‐to‐work laws on long hours and work schedules pp. 696-713

Rania Gihleb, Osea Giuntella and Jian Qi Tan

Infant safe havens pp. 714-734

Lindsey Rose Bullinger

The effects of a newcomer program on the academic achievement of English Learners pp. 735-760

Camila Morales and Monica Mogollon Plazas

The impact of parental benefits on disadvantaged households pp. 761-779

Nathalie Havet, Guy Lacroix and Morgane Plantier

Burdens on the gateway to the state: Administrative burdens in the registration of people experiencing homelessness in Belgium and the Netherlands pp. 780-803

Laure‐lise Robben, Rik Peeters and Arjan Widlak

Self‐service bans and gasoline prices: The effect of allowing consumers to pump their own gas pp. 804-817

Vitor Melo

Fiscal transfers, local government, and entrepreneurship pp. 818-845

Piotr Danisewicz and Steven Ongena

Do government performance signals affect citizen satisfaction? pp. 846-870

Weijie Wang and Taek Kyu Kim

Monthly unconditional income supplements starting at birth: Experiences among mothers of young children with low incomes in the U.S pp. 871-898

Sarah Halpern‐Meekin, Lisa A. Gennetian, Jill Hoiting, Laura Stilwell and Lauren Meyer

Public policy toward professional sports stadiums: A review pp. 899-937

John Bradbury, Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys

Child support policy: Areas of emerging agreement and ongoing debate pp. 938-943

Maria Cancian and Robert Doar

Teacher salaries, a policy brief pp. 944-953

James Wyckoff

A blueprint for U.S. health insurance policy pp. 955-961

Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein

Starting health reform from here pp. 962-968

Jason Furman

Response to Jason Furman pp. 969-971

Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein

Which direction should we head to get to our North Star? pp. 972-973

Jason Furman

Policy‐Making As Designing: The Added Value of Design Thinking for Public Administration and Public Policy by Arwin van Buuren, Jenny M. Lewis, and B. Guy Peters, Eds. Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol University Press, 2023, 244 pp., $149.95 (hardcover). ISBN 978–1447365938 pp. 974-977

Adrianus Aprilius, Albertus Yosep Maturan, Fransiskus Wuniyu and Putri Inggrid Maria Risamasu

Volume 43, issue 2, 2024

Notes from the Editor pp. 362-362

Erdal Tekin

Drinking water contaminant concentrations and birth outcomes pp. 368-399

Richard W. DiSalvo and Elaine Hill

Medicaid generosity and food hardship among children pp. 400-419

Nicholas Moellman and Cody N. Vaughn

Nurse practitioner scope of practice and patient harm: Evidence from medical malpractice payouts and adverse action reports pp. 420-445

Sara Markowitz and Andrew J. D. Smith

Smoking, information, and education: The Royal College of Physicians and the new public health movement pp. 446-471

Jonathan James

The crime effect of refugees pp. 472-508

Mevlude Akbulut‐Yuksel, Naci Mocan, Semih Tumen and Belgi Turan

Information campaigns and public perceptions of structural reforms: Evidence from a survey experiment on gasoline subsidy reform in Nigeria pp. 509-529

Joonseok Yang and Tom Moerenhout

Unemployment Insurance benefit reduction and food hardship pp. 530-554

Chandra Dhakal, Yufeng Luo, Shaonan Wang and Chen Zhen

The racial wealth gap, financial aid, and college access pp. 555-581

Phillip Levine and Dubravka Ritter

The re‐emerging suicide crisis in the U.S.: Patterns, causes and solutions pp. 582-612

Dave Marcotte and Benjamin Hansen

The case for helping boys and men in education pp. 614-622

Richard Reeves

Help boys, but first do no harm pp. 623-628

Diane Schanzenbach

Response to Diane W. Schanzenbach pp. 629-631

Richard Reeves

Minding the (achievement) gap pp. 632-635

Diane Schanzenbach

Voting in Indian Country: View From the Trenches by Jean Reith Schroedel. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020, 312 pp., $39.95 (Hardcover). ISBN 978–0812252514 pp. 636-639

Tessa Provins

Global Plastic Pollution and Its Regulation: History, Trends, Perspectives by Gerry Nagtzaam, Geert van Calster, Steve Kourabas, and Elena Karataeva, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, 343 pp., $165 (US) (hardcover). ISBN 978‐1800373549 pp. 640-643

Maja Primorac

Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the Food Stamp Program by Christopher Busso. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2023, 257 pp., $24.95 (US) (Hardcover). ISBN 978‐-0520392816 pp. 644-648

Laura R. Peck

Volume 43, issue 1, 2024

Long‐term impacts of primary school scholarships: Evidence from Cambodia pp. 10-38

Felipe Barrera‐Osorio, Andreas de Barros and Deon Filmer

Forecasts for a post‐Roe America: The effects of increased travel distance on abortions and births pp. 39-62

Caitlin Myers

State‐mandated school‐based BMI assessments and self‐reported adolescent health behaviors pp. 63-86

Brandyn Churchill

Evictions and psychiatric treatment pp. 87-125

Ashley C. Bradford and Johanna Catherine Maclean

Does visitation in prison reduce recidivism? pp. 126-156

Yuki Otsu

Labor mobility and the Affordable Care Act: Heterogeneous impacts of the preexisting conditions provision pp. 157-191

Laura Connolly, Matt Hampton and Otto Lenhart

Quasi‐experimental evidence on the employment effects of the 2021 fully refundable monthly child tax credit pp. 192-213

Jessica Pac and Lawrence M. Berger

Inside job: Evidence from the Chinese housing market pp. 214-233

Yongqiang Chu, Weida Kuang, Daxuan Zhao and Xiaoxia Zhou

Informal regulation by nongovernmental organizations enhances corporate compliance: Evidence from a nationwide randomized controlled trial in China pp. 234-257

Yaru Tang, Mengdi Liu, Fan Xia and Bing Zhang

The impacts of COVID‐19 on racial inequality in business earnings pp. 258-288

Robert Fairlie

The nature, detection, and avoidance of harmful discrimination in criminal justice pp. 289-320

Brendan O'Flaherty, Rajiv Sethi and Morgan Williams

Tight labor markets are essential to reducing racial disparities in the labor market and within the purview of the Fed's dual mandate pp. 322-328

Valerie R. Wilson

Is it better to tolerate moderate inflation than to bear the costs necessary to achieve price stability? pp. 329-334

Miesha Williams

Counterpoint to price stabilization mandate pp. 335-337

Valerie R. Wilson

Employment, real wages, & inflation responses to a loose labor market after the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 338-340

Miesha Williams

Harnessing Complexity for Better Outcomes in Public and Not‐for‐Profit Services By Max French, Hannah Hesselgreaves, Rob Wilson, Melissa Hawkins, and Toby Lowe. Bristol University Press, 2023, 144 pp, $22.00 (paperback) pp. 341-344

Yushim Kim and Jieun Kim

Toxic Ivory Towers: The Consequences of Work Stress on Underrepresented Minority Faculty by Ruth Enid Zambrana. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2018, 310 pages, $40.95 (paperback). ISBN 978-0813592978 pp. 345-349

Elizabeth Craigg Walker

Divided We Fall: Why Consensus Matters by Alice M. Rivlin, Sheri Rivlin, and Allan Rivlin. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2022, 386 pp., $26.31 (hardcover) pp. 350-354

Saranna R. Thornton