Mathematica Policy Research Reports

From Mathematica Policy Research
Mathematica Policy Research P.O. Box 2393 Princeton, NJ 08543-2393 Attn: Communications.
Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Joanne Pfleiderer () and Cindy George ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).

Access Statistics for this working paper series.
Is something missing from the series or not right? See the RePEc data check for the archive and series.

The Benefits of Housing Subsidies for TANF Recipients: Evidence from New Jersey

Robert G. Wood and Anu Rangarajan

QRS Profile: New Mexico Look for the STARS—AIM HIGH

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Serving Elders at Risk: The Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs National Evaluation of the Elderly Nutrition Program 1993-1995. Volume I: Title III Evaluation Findings

Michael Ponza, James C. Ohls, Barbara E. Millen, Audrey M. McCool, Karen E. Needels, Linda Rosenberg, Dexter Chu, Catherine Daly and Paula A. Quatromoni

Location, Location, Location: Hospital Outpatient Prices Much Higher than Community Settings for Identical Services

James D. Reschovsky and Chapin White

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Resource Sharing Practices Among AJCs

Brittany English and Sarah Osborn

Putting Rigorous Evidence Within Reach: Lessons Learned from the New Heights Evaluation

Susan Zief, John Deke and Ruth Neild

The Effects of Transitional Care Models on Re-Admissions: A Review of the Current Evidence (Journal Article)

Deborah Peikes, Rebecca SweetlLester, Boyd Gilman and Randall Brown

Forced Exit: Beneficiaries in Plans Terminating in 2000

Marsha Gold and Natalie Justh

Examining the Oral Language Competency of Children from Korean Immigrant Families in English-Only and Dual Language Immersion Schools

Jane Younga Choi, Jin Sook Lee and Janet S. Oh

Impact Evaluation of the RWJF Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)

Clemencia Cosentino, Cecilia Speroni, Margaret Sullivan and Raúl Torres

Supplemental Security Income Youth Formative Research Project: Target Population Profiles

Todd Honeycutt, David Wittenburg, Michael Levere and Sarah Palmer

The Role of Reinsurance in State Efforts to Expand Coverage

Deborah Chollet

National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Literacy Skills

Steven Glazerman, Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

Logos and Dollars: How Procedural and Incentive Payment Changes Can Increase Response Rate

Erin Gemmill, Patricia Nemeth, Peter Schochet and Jillian Berk

Best Practices in Competency-Based Education: Lessons from Three Colleges (In Focus Brief)

Ann Person

Firm Perspectives on the Medicare Advantage Market

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson and Tricia Neuman

Reducing Early Childhood Tooth Decay: Leading Steps for State Policymakers

Leslie Foster, Meg Booth and Colin Reusch

Creating TANF and Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Partnerships

Emily Sama Martin, LaDonna Pavetti and Jacqueline Kauff

Eating Breakfast: Effects of the School Breakfast Program

Barbara L. Devaney and Elizabeth A. Stuart

Evaluation of Support for Using Student Data to Inform Teachers’ Instruction—Executive Summary

Philip Gleason, Sarah Crissey, Greg Chojnacki, Marykate Zukiewicz, Tim Silva, Sarah Costelloe and Fran O'Reilly

Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

Jill Constantine

Options for Attracting and Retaining Enrollment in Financial Alignment Initiatives for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees

Integrated Resource Care Center

Experiences of Virginia Time Limit Families After Case Closure: Interim Report

Anne Gordon, Susanne James-Burdumy, Renee Loeffler, Barbara Guglielmo and Carole Kuhns

Recruiting and Training Home Visitors for Evidence-Based Home Visiting (EBHV): Experience of EBHV Grantees

Brandon Coffee-Borden and Diane Paulsell

Addressing Teen Pregnancy Risks for Youth Living in Out-of-Home Care: Implementing POWER Through Choices 2010

Alicia Meckstroth, Megan Barry, Betsy Keating, Ellen Kisker and Kristine Andrews

Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: 2001-2008 (Summary)

Joshua Leftin

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees in the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration

James M. Verdier

Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement (Journal Article)

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Jonathon Attridge and Kaitlin Obenauf

Wealth Effect and Dental Care Utilization in the United States

Richard J. Manski, John F. Moeller, Haiyan Chen, Patricia A. St. Clair, Jody Schimmel and John Pepper

The Workforce Investment Act Accountability System: The Role of Performance Measures in Service Delivery

Marian Negoita

The Growth of Private Plans in Medicare, 2006

Marsha Gold

Technical Methods Report: The Estimation of Average Treatment Effects for Clustered RCTs of Education Interventions

Peter Z. Schochet

Guide to MAX Data

Laura Ruttner, Rosemary Borck, Jessica Nysenbaum and Susan Williams

Standardized Testing: Mend It, Don't End It

Steven Glazerman

Changes in Hospital Utilization Three Years into Maryland’s Global Budget Program for Rural Hospitals

Eric T. Roberts, Laura A. Hatfield, J. Michael McWilliams, Michael E. Chernew, Nicolae Done, Sule Gerovich, Lauren Gilstrap and Ateev Mehrotra

Findings from the Financial Inclusion Insights Surveys in East Africa: Inequities in Use of Mobile Money

Clair Null, Duncan Chaplin, Jacob Hartog, Jessica Jacobson, Arif Mamun and Anu Rangarajan

Interim Impacts of the POWER Through Choices Program

Brian Goesling, Reginald D. Covington, Jennifer Manlove, Megan Barry, Roy F. Oman and Sara Vesely

Application of Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling in Nutrition and Dietetics

Jeffrey E. Harris and Philip Gleason

How States Can Use Medicare Advantage Star Ratings to Assess D-SNP Quality and Performance

Danielle Chelminsky

2008 Principal/Vice Principal Survey Results for Evaluation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC)

Duncan Chaplin, Hanley Chiang, Margaret Sullivan, Virginia Knechtel, Dominic Harris, Shinu Verghese, Kathy Sonnenfeld, Barbara Kennen and John Hall

Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, Stephane Lavertu, Tim Sass and John Witte

Medicare Advantage: Lessons for Medicares Future

Marsha Gold

Assessing the Evidence of Effectiveness of Home Visiting Program Models Implemented in Tribal Communities

Patricia Del Grosso, Rebecca Kleinman, Andrea Mraz Esposito, Emily Sama Martin and Diane Paulsell

Research Review: Understanding Discipline Disparities in Maryland (Infographic)

Johanna Lacoe and Mikia Manley

Upward Bound Math-Science Program: Description and Interim Impact Estimates

Robert B. Olsen, Neil Seftor, Tim Silva, David Myers, David DesRoches and Julie Young

Multisite Causal Mediation Analysis in the Presence of Complex Sample and Survey Designs and Non†Random Non†Response

Xu Qin, Guanglei Hong, Jonah Deutsch and Edward Bein

How Does Losing Health Insurance Affect Disability Claims? Evidence from the Affordable Care Act’s Dependent Care Mandate

Michael Levere, Heinrich Hock and Nancy Early

Evaluation of the Tanzania Energy Sector Project: Final Update of Design Report

Duncan Chaplin, Arif Mamun, Candace Miller, Ali Protik and John Schurrer

Maintaining Flexible Telehealth Policies After COVID-19

Suzanne Felt-Lisk

Diet Quality of Americans by SNAP Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2010 (Summary)

Elizabeth Condon, Susan Drilea, Carolyn Lichtenstein, James Mabli and Katherine Niland

Firm-Level Early Intervention Incentives: Which Recent Employers of Disability Program Entrants Would Pay More?

David C. Stapleton, David R. Mann and Jae Song

The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Health Care Providers: A Framework for Understanding Various Provider Organizational Structures

Jessica Heeringa, Anne Mutti, Michael F. Furukawa, Amanda Lechner, Kristin A. Maurer and Eugene Rich

Advancing Geriatrics Research, Education, and Practice: Policy Challenges After the Great Recession

Judy T. Zerzan and Eugene C. Rich

How Much Have Students Missed Academically Because of the Pandemic? A Review of the Evidence to Date

Martin R. West and Robin Lake

SCHIP's Steady Enrollment Growth Continues

Marilyn Ellwood, Angela Merrill and Wendy Conroy

Healthy San Francisco: Changes in Access to and Utilization of Health Care Services

Catherine McLaughlin, Margaret Colby, Gregory Bee and Jenna Libersky

Do Early Warning Systems and Student Engagement Activities Reduce Dropout? Findings from the Four-Country SDPP Evaluation

Nancy Murray

The Effects of Employment Counseling on Labor Market Outcomes for Adults and Dislocated Workers: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Experiment

Sheena McConnell, Peter Schochet, Dana Rotz, Ken Fortson, Paul Burkander and Annalisa Mastri

The 1998 National Survey of Local School-to-Work Partnerships: Data Summary

Lara Hulsey, Michelle Van Noy and Marsha K. Silverberg

Designing Services for Youth and Young Adults At-Risk of Homelessness: Key Components of YARH Grantees’ Comprehensive Service Models

Rosalind Keith, Nuzhat Islam, Rumin Sarwar and Cay Bradley

The Impact of Sugar†Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases: Evidence from Four City†Level Taxes in the United States

John Cawley, David Frisvold and David Jones

Competency Frameworks for Infant and Toddler Teachers and Caregivers

Pia Caronongan, Katherine Niland, Mikia Manley, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Emily Moiduddin

Profile of Children Entering Los Angeles Universal Preschool LAUP, Fall 2007

Michael López, John Love, Cheri Vogel, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Susan Sprachman, Margaret Caspe, Kathy Sonnenfeld, Kim Hall, Jessica Brauner and Susan Cooper

Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies: Final Literature Review

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr and Heather Hesketh Zaveri

Effectiveness, Safety, and Acceptability of No†Test Medical Abortion Provided via Telemedicine: A National Cohort Study

Abigail Aiken, Patricia A. Lohr, Jonathan Lord, Nabanita Ghosh and Jennifer Starling

2016-2019 Oakland Unite Agency Report

Esa Eslami, Natalie Larkin, Charles Tilley and Naihobe Gonzalez

Current and Future Demand for Health Services Researchers: Perspectives from Diverse Research Organizations

Eugene Rich and Anna Collins

The Georgetown Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Karen Sautter, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Arnold Chen, Deborah Peikes and Sean Orzol

Guidelines for Multiple Testing in Impact Evaluations of Educational Interventions

Peter Z. Schochet

Using Conceptual Models to Tailor Programming on Adulthood Preparation Subjects to Pregnant and Parenting Youth

Jacqueline Crowley, Katie Adamek and Heather Zaveri

SNAP Food Security In-Depth Interview Study

Kathryn Edin, Melody Boyd, James Mabli, Jim Ohls, Julie Worthington, Sara Greene, Nicholas Redel and Swetha Sridharan

Access to Care and Satisfaction Among Health Center Patients With Chronic Conditions

Leiyu Shi, Lee De-Chih, Geraldine Pierre Haile, Hailun Liang, Michelle Chung and Alek Sripipatana

The Effect on Teenage Childbearing on Social Capital Development: New Evidence on Civic Engagement

Joseph J. Sabia, Joseph P. Price, H. Elizabeth Peters and Reginald Covington

Information Needs Associated with the Changing Organization and Delivery of Health Care: Summary of Perceptions, Activities, Key Gaps, and Priorities

Marsha Gold, Hilary Frazer and Amy Klein

Social Security Disability Beneficiaries with Work-Related Goals and Expectations

Gina A. Livermore

Costs and Consequences of Case Management for Medicare Beneficiaries

Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Valerie Cheh and Barbara Schneider

Data and Decision Making Same Organization, Different Perceptions; Different Organizations, Different Perceptions

Nan L. Maxwell, Dana Rotz and Christina Garcia

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Early Impacts from a Multi-Site Random Assignment Evaluation

Ankita Patnaik, Michael Levere, Gina Livermore, Arif Mamun and Jeffrey Hemmeter

Juvenile Probation Transformation: Applying the Approach in Lucas County, OH, and Pierce County, WA

Sino Esthappan, Johanna Lacoe and Douglas Young

Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network Three-Day Rule Waiver: Approach to Communication and Implementation (Case Study)

Candice Talkington and Sonya Streeter

The Effect of Consumer Direction On Personal Assistance Received in Arkansas

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips, Jennifer Schore and Barbara Carlson

Medicare+Choice 1999-2001: An Analysis of Managed Care Plan Withdrawals and Trends in Benefits and Premiums

Lori Achman and Marsha Gold

Assessing the Usability of MAX 2008 Encounter Data for Enrollees in Comprehensive Managed Care

Vivian L. H. Byrd, Allison Hedley Dodd, Rosalie Malsberger and Ashley Zlatinov

The Role of Early Head Start Programs in Addressing the Child Care Needs of Low-Income Families with Infants and Toddlers: Influences on Child Care Use and Quality

John M. Love, Jill Constantine, Diane Paulsell, Kimberly Boller, Christine Ross, Helen H. Raikes, Christy Brady-Smith and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Measuring Teacher and School Value Added in Oklahoma, Spring 2016

Albert Y. Liu, Elias Walsh and Dallas Dotter

Quality Care for Children with ADHD: The Role of Primary Care Physicians

Stephanie Peterson, Shanna Shulman and Henry Ireys

Reaching More Hungry Children: The Seamless Summer Food Waiver

Tania Tasse and Jim Ohls

Social and Economic Integration of Latino Immigrants in New Rural Destinations

Heather Koball, Randy Capps, William Kandel, Jamila Henderson and Everett Henderson

Physical Activity in U.S. Adults: Compliance with the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

Jared M. Tucker, Gregory J. Welk and Nicholas K. Beyler

Helping Young People in High-Poverty Communities: Lessons from Youth Fair Chance

Karen Needels, Mark Dynarski and Walter Corson

Use of Hospital Emergency Services by Youths in Out-of-Home Care

Jonathan D. Brown, Ellen Singer and Henry T. Ireys

Dual Eligible Populations and Special Needs Plans: Current and Future Strategies

James M. Verdier

Tips for Establishing an Effective COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program

Candace Miller

Association of Organizational Factors and Physician Practices’ Participation in Alternative Payment Models

Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, Taressa Fraze, Eugene C. Rich and Carrie Colla

A Comparison of Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Treatment Initiation Between Enrollees in an Urban HIV Clinic and SEER

Keri L. Calkins, Geetanjali Chander, Corinne E. Joshu, Kala Visvanathan, Anthony T. Fojo, Catherine R. Lesko, Richard D. Moore and Bryan Lau

Potential Strategies to Improve the Employment Outcomes of Youth SSI Recipients

Todd Honeycutt, David Wittenburg, Richard Luecking, Kelli Crane and David R. Mann

Establishing and Maintaining Medicaid Eligibility Upon Release from Public Institutions

Audra Wenzlow, Henry T. Ireys, Carol Irvin and Matthew Hodges

National and State Trends in Enrollment and Spending for Dual Eligibles Under Age 65 in Medicaid Managed Care

Jenna Libersky, Allison Hedley Dodd and Shinu Verghese

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2007 FSPQC Database and QC Minimodel

Kari Wolkwitz and Daisy Ewell