Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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CONCLUDING REMARKS ON EQUITABLE APPROACHES TO RESEARCH61
America's Energy Gamble, by ShantiGamper‐Rabindran, New York, NY (2022): Cambridge University Press, 529 pages, $29.99 (paperback).32
Puzzling over declining academic achievement29
Matching it up: Non‐standard work and job satisfaction25
Corrigendum to “Discouraging Disadvantaged Fathers’ Employment: An Unintended Consequence of Policies Designed to Support Families”24
The nature, detection, and avoidance of harmful discrimination in criminal justice23
Does visitation in prison reduce recidivism?23
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VALIDITY OF THE COMPARATIVE INTERRUPTED TIME‐SERIES DESIGN: A META‐ANALYSIS22
Starting health reform from here21
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The crime effect of refugees18
SHOULD CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES BE UNIVERSAL OR TARGETED?18
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND LIVED EXPERIENCE THROUGH PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES17
The impact of Secure Communities on the labor market outcomes of immigrant women16
Local labor market effects of nuclear power plants16
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Minding the (achievement) gap16
Can text messages reduce incarceration in rural and vulnerable populations?16
Employment, real wages, & inflation responses to a loose labor market after the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic16
The impact of paid sick leave mandates on women's employment and economic security12
Information campaigns and public perceptions of structural reforms: Evidence from a survey experiment on gasoline subsidy reform in Nigeria12
FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR ALL IS THE KEY TO SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES12
Public innovation and digital transformation by HanneleVäyrynen, NinaHelander, HarriJalonen, Eds., 2022, London: Routledge, 210 pages, £104.00 ($170.00) (hardback). ISBN 9781032137414.12
Burdens on the gateway to the state: Administrative burdens in the registration of people experiencing homelessness in Belgium and the Netherlands11
EMBEDDING PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION WHEN COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA11
Issue Information11
Bias, risk, racism: Reconciling critical and quantitative approaches to understanding racial inequality in child welfare system outcomes11
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Spillover effects of Medicaid expansion on Medicare: Evidence from administrative data10
Credit card rewards counterpoint10
The Impact of Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees on Education and Labor Market Outcomes10
Counterpoint to price stabilization mandate10
Response to Diane W. Schanzenbach10
Relaxing electoral constraints in local education funding9
Repercussions of a Raid: Health and Education Outcomes of Children Entangled in Immigration Enforcement9
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Correction to “Course grades as a signal of student achievement: Evidence of grade inflation before and after COVID‐19”9
Time to baccalaureate degree in the labor market: Evidence from a field experiment9
Issue Information9
“Lights and Sirens”: Variation in 911 Call‐Taker Risk Appraisal and its Effects on Police Officer Perceptions at the Scene9
Measuring returns to experience using supervisor ratings of observed performance: The case of classroom teachers8
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Better off by risk adjustment? Socioeconomic disparities in care utilization in Sweden following a payment reform8
RESPONSE TO DAVID BLAU'S ESSAY8
Announcements from APPAM8
INFLATION WORRIES8
Should public policy promote marriage to improve well‐being?8
THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY8
Introduction to the Research Articles8
Presidential Address: Connecting the Dots: Turning Research Evidence into Evidence for Policymaking8
DEFINING AND ASSESSING THE VALUE OF CANONICAL MIXED METHODS RESEARCH DESIGNS IN PUBLIC POLICY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION7
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The federal debt: Costly, but not catastrophic7
Yes, money matters, but the details can make all the difference7
Should I Care or Should I Work? The Impact of Work on Informal Care7
Evaluating the likelihood of a U.S. debt crisis7
Introducing Political Philosophy: A Policy‐Driven Approach, by AndrewWalton, WilliamAbel, ElizabethKahn, and TomParr,New York: Oxford University Press, 2021, 296 pp., $44.99(US), softcover.7
Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality, Second Edition, by AjayChaudry, TarynMorrissey, ChristinaWeiland, and HirokazuYoshikawa, New York, NY: The Russel Sage Foundation, 2021, 284 pp6
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Divided We Fall: Why Consensus Matters by Alice M.Rivlin, SheriRivlin, and AllanRivlin. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2022, 386 pp., $26.31 (hardcover).6
Universal School Vouchers and Education Savings Accounts Are Good Policies6
Demystifying China's Innovation Machine: Chaotic Order, by MarinaZhang, MarkDodgson, and DavidGann. Oxford University Press, 2021, 304 pp., $50.00 hardcover.6
Inferring the value of short‐staffed public sector jobs: Federal budgets and military fighter pilots6
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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by JasonStanley. Simon & Schuster, 2024, 256 pp.5
Are public housing projects good for kids after all?5
Policy‐Making As Designing: The Added Value of Design Thinking for Public Administration and Public Policy by ArwinvanBuuren, Jenny M.Lewis, and B.Guy Peters, Eds. Policy Press, an imprint of Bristol 5
Effects of center‐based child care on disadvantaged children: Evidence from a randomized research design5
Have U.S. gun buyback programs misfired?5
The Choice of Policy Comparisons and Relevant Evidence and Approach to Selection Bias Are Keys to the Debate5
Labor mobility and the Affordable Care Act: Heterogeneous impacts of the preexisting conditions provision5
Long‐term impacts on education of a cash transfer during early life5
Informal regulation by nongovernmental organizations enhances corporate compliance: Evidence from a nationwide randomized controlled trial in China5
Evaluating the effects of geographic adjustments on poverty measures using self‐reported financial well‐being4
Not a border crisis, but a labor market crisis: The often overlooked “pull” factor of U.S. border crossings4
Unemployment Insurance benefit reduction and food hardship4
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Notes from the Editor4
A blueprint for U.S. health insurance policy4
Incorporating a more expansive theory of racism into child and family policy systems4
Racism and racial disparities in Child Protective Services involvement: How can government respond?4
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PROMOTING EQUITY IN METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DISAGGREGATED DATA3
Can Financial Incentives Help Disadvantaged Schools to Attract and Retain High‐Performing Teachers? Evidence from Chile3
Private School Choice Programs Should and Will Continue to Expand3
PROMOTING EQUITABLE APPROACHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH3
A review of the effects of legal access to same‐sex marriage3
The employment and redistributive effects of reducing or eliminating minimum wage tip credits3
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By the Fire We Carry: The Generations‐Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by RebeccaNagle. HarperOne, 2024, 352 pp., (hardback). ISBN: 9780062951711.3
Value‐Based Payments in Health Care: Evidence from a Nationwide Randomized Experiment in the Home Health Sector3
Issue Information3
Notes from the Editor3
The racial wealth gap, financial aid, and college access3
Standing in Cost‐Benefit Analysis: Where, Who, What (Counts)?3
Reducing Sexual Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments3
One threshold doesn't fit all: Tailoring machine learning predictions of consumer default for lower‐income areas3
Long‐term impacts of primary school scholarships: Evidence from Cambodia3
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Non‐monetary sanctions as tax enforcement tools: Evaluating California's top 500 program2
Notes from the Editor2
Harnessing Complexity for Better Outcomes in Public and Not‐for‐Profit Services By MaxFrench, HannahHesselgreaves, RobWilson, MelissaHawkins, and TobyLowe. Bristol University Press, 2023, 144 pp, $22.2
Point/Counterpoint Introduction2
Introduction to the Research Articles2
Issue Information2
Shifting tax incidence: Evidence from the Washington State cannabis market2
Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance awards2
Can destigmatizing mental health increase willingness to seek help? Experimental evidence from Nepal2
Notes from the Editor2
Teacher salaries, a policy brief2
The effect of inter‐municipal cooperation on social assistance programs: Evidence from housing allowances in England2
Mentoring, educational preferences, and career choice: Evidence from two field experiments in Bhutan2
In Harm's Way? The Effect of Disasters on the Magnitude and Location of Low‐Income Housing Tax Credit Allocations2
Issue Information2
The consequences of high‐fatality school shootings for surviving students2
Announcements from APPAM2
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 $19.99.2
The effects of a newcomer program on the academic achievement of English Learners2
Referee Acknowledgments1
Is it better to tolerate moderate inflation than to bear the costs necessary to achieve price stability?1
Notes from the Editor1
AWARD GIVEN BY THE VERNON PRIZE COMMITTEE FOR VOLUME 40 OF JPAM1
THE CASE FOR BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENTS1
Strengthening work requirements? Forecasting impacts of reforming cash assistance rules1
Issue Information1
RESPONSE TO JONATHAN BUTCHER'S ESSAY1
Do Physicians Warm Up to Higher Medicare Prices? Evidence from Alaska1
Investigating the Causal Effects of Arts Education1
Breastfeeding and the return to work after childbirth of new mothers: Evidence from a baby formula scare1
Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the Food Stamp Program by ChristopherBusso. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2023, 257 pp., $24.95 (US) (Hardcover). ISBN 978‐-05203928161
RESPONSE TO JILL YAVORSKY AND LEAH RUPPANNER1
Smoking, information, and education: The Royal College of Physicians and the new public health movement1
Introduction to the Research Articles1
The long‐run educational benefits of high‐achieving classrooms1
The re‐emerging suicide crisis in the U.S.: Patterns, causes and solutions1
Quasi‐Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Expanding Cash Welfare1
Why I am less worried about the debt than Kent Smetters is1
Strengthening police oversight: The impacts of misconduct investigators on police officer behavior1
INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH ARTICLES1
Can information and advising affect postsecondary participation and attainment for military personnel? Evidence from a large‐scale experiment with the U.S. Army1
Issue Information1
Announcements from APPAM1
Improving the Community College Transfer Pathway to the Baccalaureate: The Effect of California's Associate Degree for Transfer1
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Counterpoint1
Insurance Subsidies, the Affordable Care Act, and Financial Stability1
Habit and skill retention in recycling1
“WHAT SHOULD THE FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE?”: A RESPONSE TO BRIAN GILL1
Are algorithms biased in education? Exploring racial bias in predicting community college student success1
Public Health Insurance and Medical Spending: The Incidence of the ACA Medicaid Expansion1
What do changes in state NAEP scores imply for birth cohorts’ later life outcomes?1
Practical issues in conducting distributional weighting in benefit‐cost analysis1
Researchers should be cautious when generalizing findings1
Introduction to the Research Articles1
Do government performance signals affect citizen satisfaction?0
How effective are behavioral interventions to increase the take‐up of social benefits? A systematic review of field experiments0
JOURNAL OF Policy Analysis and Management0
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Environmental Justice and Resiliency in an Age of Uncertainty ed. by CelesteMurphy‐Greene, 2023, 166 pp., $136.00 (hardcover); $39.16 (ebook); $39.16 (paper). ISBN 9781032024493.0
Announcements from APPAM0
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Targeted Child Tax Credit: An affordable option for state governments to reduce child poverty rates0
RECONSTRUCTING THE FAIRTAX'S DECONSTRUCTION0
The effect of e‐cigarette taxes on pre‐pregnancy and prenatal smoking0
Estimating Monthly Poverty Rates in the United States0
SHOULD THE U.S. CONSIDER A NATIONAL CONSUMPTION TAX?0
For‐profit milk in nonprofit cartons? The case of nonprofit charter schools subcontracting with for‐profit education management organizations0
INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH ARTICLES0
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Tariffs are an obstacle to the clean energy transition0
Unveiling the Price of Obscenity: Evidence From Closing Prostitution Windows in Amsterdam0
Monthly unconditional income supplements starting at birth: Experiences among mothers of young children with low incomes in the U.S.0
USING STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY: THE BAD IDEA THAT KEEPS ON GIVING NOTHING IN RETURN0
Nudging increases take‐up of employment services: Evidence from a large field experiment0
FUNDAMENTAL TAX REFORM IS URGENTLY NEEDED0
Measuring the effects of Obergefell v. Hodges: Revisiting same‐sex marriage legalization and mortgage demand0
DO WE NEED MORE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENTS?0
Does one plus one always equal two? Examining complementarities in educational interventions0
Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America by Belén FernándezMilmanda. Cambridge University Press, 2025, 257 pp., $41.99 (paperback).0
The Marriage Paradox: Understanding and remedying the paradoxical place of marriage in America0
Poverty, by America by MatthewDesmond, New York, NY (2023): Crown, 304 pages, $28.00 (hardcover). ISBN 9780593239919.0
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Administrative checkpoints, burdens, and human‐centered design: Increasing interview access to raise SNAP participation0
Notes from the Editor0
Announcements from APPAM0
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Unwarranted racial disparity in U.S. foster care placement0
Fiscal transfers, local government, and entrepreneurship0
Notes from the Editor0
Waivers for the public service loan forgiveness program: Who could benefit from take‐up?0
Mandatory Schooling of Girls Improved Their Children's Health: Evidence from Turkey's 1997 Education Reform0
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Announcements from APPAM0
The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors0
RESPONSE TO AUDREY AMREIN‐BEARDSLEY0
JOURNAL OF Policy Analysis and Management 41st Year Data0
How does technology‐based monitoring affect street‐level bureaucrats' behavior? An analysis of body‐worn cameras and police actions0
AN ARGUMENT FOR UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE IN THE U.S.0
Local supply, temporal dynamics, and unrealized potential in teacher hiring0
Will tariffs on clean energy products support the clean energy transition?0
Police reform from the top down: Experimental evidence on police executive support for civilian oversight0
Does Temporary Mortgage Assistance for Unemployed Homeowners Reduce Longer‐Term Mortgage Default? An Analysis of the Hardest Hit Fund Program0
Public policy for family equality0
Public health insurance expansions and non‐physician providers: Evidence from Certified Nurse Midwives0
SHOULD INCREASED FLEXIBILITIES IN CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS CONTINUE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC?0
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EXCELLENCE IN REFERRING AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT0
Intermarriage amid immigration status uncertainty: Evidence from DACA0
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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.0
Drinking water contaminant concentrations and birth outcomes0
Deliberative Democracy, Public Policy, and Local Government by JoannaPodgórska‐Rykała. London: Routledge, 2024, 220 pp., $55.79 (eBook). ISBN 978–1032670799.0
Governing Locally: Institutions, Policies, and Implementation in Indian Cities, by BabuJacob and SurajJacob, Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 318 pp., $110, hardcover.0
Quasi‐experimental evidence on the employment effects of the 2021 fully refundable monthly child tax credit0
The intersection of prenatal substance exposure and child protection: Evidence from Pennsylvania0
What We Owe the Future by WilliamMacAskill, Basic Books, 2023, 368 pp., $32 (hardcover); $18.99 (ebook); $19.99 (paper).0
Notes from the Editor0
Infant safe havens0
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Migrant children's take‐up of social health insurance: Experimental evidence from China0
To make or buy commercialization: A synthetic control approach0
Beyond borders: Does firm‐level exposure to state and local paid sick leave mandates lead to intra‐firm spillovers?0
The effect of mass migration on disease transmission: Evidence from the Venezuelan refugee crisis0
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM APPAM0
Unearthing the impact of earthquakes: A review of economic and social consequences0
The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality?0
Finishing the Last Lap: Experimental Evidence on Strategies to Increase Attainment for Students Near College Completion0
Should electric vehicle purchase subsidies be linked with scrappage requirements?0
Providing Government Assistance Online: A Field Experiment with the Unemployed0
More doctors in town now? Evidence from Medicaid expansions0
Tariffs on clean‐energy technology0
Announcements from APPAM0
Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with item‐level outcome data: Insights from Item Response Theory0
Gender Equality and Public Policy: Measuring Progress in Europe, by PaolaProfeta, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2020, 211 pp., $29.99 (US), paperback.0
Black–White differences in Child Protective Services involvement: Evidence on the role of differential ‘risk’0
Diminishing Marginal Returns to Computer‐Assisted Learning0
Correction to BOOK REVIEW: Why SNAP Works: A Political History—and Defense—of the Food Stamp Program0
RESPONSE TO JOSH HAUSMAN'S ESSAY0
Effect of vaccine recommendations on consumer and firm behavior0
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Pioneering Progress: American Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy by William B.Bonvillian. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2024, 416 pp., $50.00 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐0262549448.0
Medicaid generosity and food hardship among children0
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE WINNERS OF THE EXCELLENCE IN REFEREEING AWARDS0
Potential Race and Gender Biases in High‐Stakes Teacher Observations0
Lessons from SSA Demonstrations for Disability Policy and Future Research, edited by AustinNichols, JeffreyHemmeter, and Debra GoetzEngler, Rockville, MD: Abt Press, 2021, 510 pp., $23 (US), paperback0
Introduction to the Research Articles0
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