Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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Volume 36, issue 4, 2017

Notes from the Editor pp. 743-743

Kenneth A. Couch

Introduction to the Research Articles pp. 744-747

Kenneth A. Couch

Worth the Wait? The Effect of Early Term Birth on Maternal and Infant Health pp. 748-772

Kasey Buckles and Melanie Guldi

Emission Standards, Public Transit, and Infant Health pp. 773-789

Nicole S. Ngo

Child Health in Elementary School Following California's Paid Family Leave Program pp. 790-827

Shirlee Lichtman‐Sadot and Neryvia Pillay

Do Higher Minimum Wages Benefit Health? Evidence From the UK pp. 828-852

Otto Lenhart

The Economic Impact of Smoke‐Free Policies on Restaurants, Cafés, and Bars: Panel Data Estimates From European Countries pp. 853-879

Luca Pieroni and Luca Salmasi

Scraping by: Income and Program Participation After the Loss of Extended Unemployment Benefits pp. 880-908

Jesse Rothstein and Robert Valletta

Sample Conditions Under Which Bias in IV Estimates can be Signed pp. 909-932

Burt S. Barnow, Haeil Jung and Maureen A. Pirog

SHOULD FOR‐PROFIT COLLEGES RECEIVE FEDERAL STUDENT AID? pp. 933-933

Theodore Joyce

THE CASE FOR LIMITING FEDERAL STUDENT AID TO FOR‐PROFIT COLLEGES pp. 934-942

Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Cory Koedel

DOES REGULATING FOR‐PROFIT COLLEGES IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES? WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, AND WHAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT pp. 942-950

Gregory Gilpin and Christiana Stoddard

RESPONSE TO GILPIN AND STODDARD pp. 950-953

Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Cory Koedel

DOES REGULATING FOR‐PROFIT COLLEGES IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES? RESPONSE TO CELLINI AND KOEDEL pp. 953-956

Gregory Gilpin and Christina Stoddard

The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty by Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017, 248 pp., $27.95 pp. 957-959

Michael Shires and Luisa R. Blanco

Volume 36, issue 3, 2017

Notes from the Editor pp. 497-497

Kenneth A. Couch

Introduction to the Research Articles pp. 498-501

Kenneth A. Couch

Presidential Prescriptions for State Policy: Obama's Race to the Top Initiative pp. 502-531

William G. Howell and Asya Magazinnik

Why Do Foundations Follow the Law? Evidence from Adoption of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act pp. 532-556

Brian Galle

The Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Power Plant Emissions on Birth Weight: Evidence from a Pennsylvania Power Plant Located Upwind of New Jersey pp. 557-583

Muzhe Yang, Rhea A. Bhatta, Shin‐Yi Chou and Cheng‐I Hsieh

U.S. Child Safety Seat Laws: Are they Effective, and Who Complies? pp. 584-607

Lauren E. Jones and Nicolas Ziebarth

Effects of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Supply pp. 608-642

Robert Kaestner, A. Garrett, Jiajia Chen, Anuj Gangopadhyaya and Caitlyn Fleming

Comparing Inference Approaches for RD Designs: A Reexamination of the Effect of Head Start on Child Mortality pp. 643-681

Burt S. Barnow, Matias Cattaneo, Rocio Titiunik and Gonzalo Vazquez‐Bare

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF “STOP AND FRISK” IN MODERN POLICING? pp. 682-682

Theodore Joyce

STOP‐AND‐FRISK IS ESSENTIAL … AND REQUIRES RESTRAINT pp. 683-689

Greg Ridgeway

RECENT EVIDENCE AND CONTROVERSIES IN “THE NEW POLICING” pp. 690-700

Jeffrey Fagan

RESPONSE TO FAGAN pp. 700-703

Greg Ridgeway

RESPONSE TO RIDGEWAY: ALLOCATING POLICE pp. 703-707

Jeffrey Fagan

Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt by Beth Akers and Matthew M. Chingos, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016, 192 pp., $26.95, hardcover pp. 708-712

Melody Harvey

Volume 36, issue 2, 2017

Notes from the Editor pp. 271-271

Kenneth A. Couch

Introduction to the Research Articles pp. 272-275

Kenneth A. Couch

Presidential Address: Making Federal Social Programs Work pp. 276-302

Ron Haskins

The Pass‐Through of Taxes on Sugar‐Sweetened Beverages to Retail Prices: The Case of Berkeley, California pp. 303-326

John Cawley and David Frisvold

Are Parental Welfare Work Requirements Good for Disadvantaged Children? Evidence From Age‐of‐Youngest‐Child Exemptions pp. 327-357

Chris M. Herbst

Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States pp. 358-389

Marianne Bitler, Hilary Hoynes and Elira Kuka

The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the First Two Years of the ACA Medicaid Expansions pp. 390-417

Kosali Simon, Aparna Soni and John Cawley

What Can We Learn From A Doubly Randomized Preference Trial?—An Instrumental Variables Perspective pp. 418-437

Burt S. Barnow, Coady Wing and M. H. Clark

On Measuring and Reducing Selection Bias With a Quasi‐Doubly Randomized Preference Trial pp. 438-459

Ted Joyce, Dahlia K. Remler, David Jaeger, Onur Altindag, Stephen O'Connell and Sean Crockett

HAS THE “NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND” POLICY POSITIVELY IMPACTED STUDENT PERFORMANCE? pp. 460-460

Theodore Joyce

NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: A DEEPLY FLAWED FEDERAL POLICY pp. 461-469

Helen Ladd

THE CHANGING FEDERAL ROLE IN SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY pp. 469-477

Brian Jacob

NCLB: RESPONSE TO JACOB pp. 477-480

Helen Ladd

THE POTENTIAL AND LIMITS OF FEDERAL POLICY: A RESPONSE TO LADD pp. 480-483

Brian Jacob

International Public Policy Analysis by George M. Guess and Thomas Husted, New York: Routledge, 2017, 318 pp., $195, hardback, $64.95, paper pp. 484-488

Karen J. Baehler

Volume 36, issue 1, 2017

Notes from the Editor pp. 5-5

Kenneth A. Couch

Introduction to the Research Articles pp. 6-10

Kenneth A. Couch

Testing the School‐to‐Prison Pipeline pp. 11-37

Emily Owens

Policy Reform and the Problem of Private Investment: Evidence from the Power Sector pp. 38-64

Johannes Urpelainen and Joonseok Yang

The Effect of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 on Rewarded and Unrewarded Performance Goals pp. 65-96

Ed Gerrish

Supplying Disadvantaged Schools with Effective Teachers: Experimental Evidence on Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America pp. 97-125

Hanley S. Chiang, Melissa A. Clark and Sheena McConnell

College Enrollment and Completion Among Nationally Recognized High‐Achieving Hispanic Students pp. 126-153

Oded Gurantz, Michael Hurwitz and Jonathan Smith

Explaining the Consequences of Imprisonment for Union Formation and Dissolution in Denmark pp. 154-177

Peter Fallesen and Lars H. Andersen

Early Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage in Medicaid Expansion and Non‐Expansion States pp. 178-210

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz and Daniela Zapata

The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Migration pp. 211-238

Lucas Goodman

ARE PAYDAY LOANS HARMFUL TO CONSUMERS? pp. 240-248

Lisa Servon

PAYDAY LOANS HARM CONSUMERS, BUT REFORM IS POSSIBLE pp. 248-255

Alex Horowitz

ARE PAYDAY LOANS HARMFUL TO CONSUMERS? RESPONSE TO HOROWITZ pp. 255-258

Lisa Servon

DESCRIPTION OF ROOT CAUSES AND INNOVATION HAVE LIMITED RELEVANCE TO REFORM DEBATE: RESPONSE TO SERVON pp. 258-261

Alex Horowitz

The Myth of Achievement Tests: The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, by James J. Heckman, John E. Humphries, and Tim Kautz (Editors), Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2014, 472 pp., $59 hardback, $32.50 paper pp. 262-265

Daniel Kuehn