Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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Volume 41, issue 4, 2022

Does Online Credit Recovery in High School Support or Stymie Later Labor Market Success? pp. 984-1011

Carolyn J. Heinrich and Huiping Cheng

Veteran Educators or For‐Profiteers? Tuition Responses to Changes in the Post‐9/11 GI Bill pp. 1012-1039

Matthew Baird, Michael Kofoed, Trey Miller and Jennie Wenger

Finishing the Last Lap: Experimental Evidence on Strategies to Increase Attainment for Students Near College Completion pp. 1040-1059

Eric Bettinger, Benjamin L. Castleman, Alice Choe and Zachary Mabel

Health Care Following Environmental Disasters: Evidence from Flint pp. 1060-1089

Shooshan Danagoulian, Daniel Grossman and David Slusky

Value‐Based Payments in Health Care: Evidence from a Nationwide Randomized Experiment in the Home Health Sector pp. 1090-1117

Jun Li

Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities: The Case of Fatal Road Crashes pp. 1118-1156

Marco Francesconi and Jonathan James

Standing in Cost‐Benefit Analysis: Where, Who, What (Counts)? pp. 1157-1176

Anthony Boardman, David Greenberg, Aidan Vining and David Weimer

Estimating Monthly Poverty Rates in the United States pp. 1177-1203

Zachary Parolin, Megan Curran, Jordan Matsudaira, Jane Waldfogel and Christopher Wimer

BAYESIAN INTERPRETATION OF CLUSTER‐ROBUST SUBGROUP IMPACT ESTIMATES: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS pp. 1204-1224

Erin R. Lipman, John Deke and Mariel M. Finucane

USING STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY: THE BAD IDEA THAT KEEPS ON GIVING NOTHING IN RETURN pp. 1226-1232

Audrey Amrein‐Beardsley

WHAT SHOULD THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE? pp. 1232-1239

Brian Gill

“WHAT SHOULD THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE?”: A RESPONSE TO BRIAN GILL pp. 1240-1242

Audrey Amrein‐Beardsley

RESPONSE TO AUDREY AMREIN‐BEARDSLEY pp. 1242-1245

Brian Gill

Beyond Polarization: Public Process and the Unlikely Story of California's Marine Protected Areas, by Steven Yaffee, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2020, 485 pp., $45.00 paperback pp. 1246-1250

Jessica Geiger

Demystifying China's Innovation Machine: Chaotic Order, by Marina Zhang, Mark Dodgson, and David Gann. Oxford University Press, 2021, 304 pp., $50.00 hardcover pp. 1251-1255

Karina Y. Kowarsch and Chasen Jeffries

Volume 41, issue 3, 2022

Presidential Address: Connecting the Dots: Turning Research Evidence into Evidence for Policymaking pp. 676-682

Sherry Glied

The Impact of Felony Diversion in San Francisco pp. 683-709

Elsa Augustine, Johanna Lacoe, Steven Raphael and Alissa Skog

The Effects of Youth Employment on Crime: Evidence from New York City Lotteries pp. 710-730

Judd B. Kessler, Sarah Tahamont, Alexander Gelber and Adam Isen

Reducing Alcohol‐Related Violence with Bartenders: A Behavioral Field Experiment pp. 731-761

Andrés Ham, Darío Maldonado, Michael Weintraub, Andrés Felipe Camacho and Daniela Gualtero

“Lights and Sirens”: Variation in 911 Call‐Taker Risk Appraisal and its Effects on Police Officer Perceptions at the Scene pp. 762-786

Jessica W. Gillooly

Anti‐Bullying Laws and Suicidal Behaviors Among Teenagers pp. 787-823

Daniel I. Rees, Joseph J. Sabia and Gokhan Kumpas

Mandatory Schooling of Girls Improved Their Children's Health: Evidence from Turkey's 1997 Education Reform pp. 824-858

Bahadır Dursun, Resul Cesur and Inas R. Kelly

Quasi‐Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Expanding Cash Welfare pp. 859-890

Matthew Freedman and Yoonjung Kim

DEFINING AND ASSESSING THE VALUE OF CANONICAL MIXED METHODS RESEARCH DESIGNS IN PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION pp. 891-920

Chelsea Richwine, Qian Eric Luo, Zoë Thorkildsen, Nicholas J. Chong, Rebecca Morris, Burt S. Barnow and Sanjay K. Pandey

AN ARGUMENT FOR UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE IN THE U.S pp. 922-929

Jill E. Yavorsky and Leah Ruppanner

THE CASE FOR TARGETED PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES pp. 929-937

David Blau

RESPONSE TO DAVID BLAU'S ESSAY pp. 937-940

Jill E. Yavorsky and Leah Ruppanner

RESPONSE TO JILL YAVORSKY AND LEAH RUPPANNER pp. 940-943

David Blau

The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College, by Robin G. Isserles, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021, 352 pp., $33(US), hardcover pp. 944-947

Daniel Sparks

Governing Locally: Institutions, Policies, and Implementation in Indian Cities, by Babu Jacob and Suraj Jacob, Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 318 pp., $110, hardcover pp. 948-951

Tanu Kumar

Volume 41, issue 2, 2022

Notes from the Editor pp. 388-388

Erdal Tekin

Introduction to the Research Articles pp. 389-393

Erdal Tekin

Do Physicians Warm Up to Higher Medicare Prices? Evidence from Alaska pp. 394-425

Alice Chen, Elizabeth Munnich, Stephen T. Parente and Michael R. Richards

Salience and Timely Compliance: Evidence from Speeding Tickets pp. 426-449

Libor Dusek, Nicolas Pardo and Christian Traxler

The Role of Government in the Market for Electric Vehicles: Evidence from China pp. 450-485

Shanjun Li, Xianglei Zhu, Yiding Ma, Fan Zhang and Hui Zhou

In Harm's Way? The Effect of Disasters on the Magnitude and Location of Low‐Income Housing Tax Credit Allocations pp. 486-514

Mark Brennan, Aditi Mehta and Justin Steil

Does Temporary Mortgage Assistance for Unemployed Homeowners Reduce Longer‐Term Mortgage Default? An Analysis of the Hardest Hit Fund Program pp. 515-551

Stephanie Moulton, Yung Chun, Stephanie Casey Pierce, Roberto Quercia, Sarah Riley and Holly Holtzen

Do Carrots Work Better than Sticks? Results from the National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration pp. 552-578

Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Robert G. Wood

Providing Government Assistance Online: A Field Experiment with the Unemployed pp. 579-602

Guglielmo Briscese, Giulio Zanella and Veronica Quinn

Can Financial Incentives Help Disadvantaged Schools to Attract and Retain High‐Performing Teachers? Evidence from Chile pp. 603-631

Gregory Elacqua, Diana Hincapie, Isabel Hincapie and Veronica Montalva

BETWEEN EPISTEMIC NECESSITY AND POLITICAL UTILITY: THE ROLE OF BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENTS pp. 633-639

Bru Laín

THE CASE FOR BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENTS pp. 639-644

Amy Castro and Stacia West

POLICY DETAILS AS A PLEA FOR BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENTS pp. 645-649

Bru Laín

Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, by Darrell M. West and John R. Allen, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2020, 297 pp., hardcover $24.99, paperback $19.99 pp. 650-653

Victor Kilanko

Lessons from SSA Demonstrations for Disability Policy and Future Research, edited by Austin Nichols, Jeffrey Hemmeter, and Debra Goetz Engler, Rockville, MD: Abt Press, 2021, 510 pp., $23 (US), paperback pp. 653-658

Laura R. Peck

Gender Equality and Public Policy: Measuring Progress in Europe, by PaolaProfeta, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2020, 211 pp., $29.99 (US), paperback pp. 658-663

Shawnika Johnson

AWARD GIVEN BY THE VERNON PRIZE COMMITTEE FOR VOLUME 40 OF JPAM pp. 664-664

Thurston Domina, Deven Carlson, James Carter, Matthew Lenard, Andrew McEachin and Rachel Perera

Volume 41, issue 1, 2022

Notes from the Editor pp. 4-4

Erdal Tekin

Introduction to the Research Articles pp. 5-10

Erdal Tekin

Consequences of Administrative Burden for Social Safety Nets that Support the Healthy Development of Children pp. 11-44

Carolyn J. Heinrich, Sayil Camacho, Sarah Clark Henderson, Monica Hernandez Florez and Ela Joshi

The Effect of Public Health Insurance on Criminal Recidivism pp. 45-91

Erkmen Aslim, Murat C. Mungan, Carlos I. Navarro and Han Yu

High‐Skilled Immigration and the Labor Market: Evidence from the H‐1B Visa Program pp. 92-130

Patrick Turner

Potential Race and Gender Biases in High‐Stakes Teacher Observations pp. 131-161

Jason A. Grissom and Brendan Bartanen

Evaluating Education Governance: Does State Takeover of School Districts Affect Student Achievement? pp. 162-192

Beth E. Schueler and Joshua F. Bleiberg

The Trade‐Off Between Work and Education: Evidence from Public Transportation Penetration to Arab Towns in Israel pp. 193-225

Aamer Abu‐Qarn and Shirlee Lichtman‐Sadot

Skipping the Bag: The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Disposable Bag Regulation pp. 226-251

Tatiana Homonoff, Lee‐Sien Kao, Javiera Selman and Christina Seybolt

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VALIDITY OF THE COMPARATIVE INTERRUPTED TIME‐SERIES DESIGN: A META‐ANALYSIS pp. 252-277

Jared Coopersmith, Thomas D. Cook, Jelena Zurovac, Duncan Chaplin and Lauren V. Forrow

DETERMINANTS OF SMALL BUSINESS REOPENING DECISIONS AFTER COVID RESTRICTIONS WERE LIFTED pp. 278-317

Dylan Balla‐Elliott, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca and Christopher Stanton

TO WHAT EXTENT DOES IN‐PERSON SCHOOLING CONTRIBUTE TO THE SPREAD OF COVID‐19? EVIDENCE FROM MICHIGAN AND WASHINGTON pp. 318-349

Dan Goldhaber, Scott Imberman, Katharine O. Strunk, Bryant G. Hopkins, Nate Brown, Erica Harbatkin and Tara Kilbride

PROVIDING FREE SCHOOL MEALS TO WEALTHY STUDENTS DOES NOT HELP CHILDREN IN NEED pp. 351-357

Jonathan Butcher

FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL IS THE KEY TO SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES pp. 358-364

Crystal FitzSimons

RESPONSE TO CRYSTAL FITZSIMONS’ ESSAY pp. 364-367

Jonathan Butcher

RESPONSE TO JONATHAN BUTCHER'S ESSAY pp. 367-371

Crystal FitzSimons

Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality, Second Edition, by Ajay Chaudry, Taryn Morrissey, Christina Weiland, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa, New York, NY: The Russel Sage Foundation, 2021, 284 pp., $29.95 paperback pp. 372-375

Justin A. Hiltz

The Global Rise of the Modern Plug‐In Electric Vehicle: Public Policy, Innovation and Strategy by John D. Graham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021, 489 pp., $157.50 (Elgar online) pp. 375-380

Bradley W. Lane