Highlighted Publications




 

Orr (2026) asks whether evidence-based policy clearinghouses give reliable advice to local policymakers when program impacts vary across places. He examines data from six large multisite randomized controlled trials in education and youth programs, drawing on site-level impact estimates and cross-site variation reported in prior studies. Using a Bayesian model, he evaluates how often a clearinghouse rule based on statistically significant average effects leads to correct loca

This study evaluates how effective behavioral interventions—such as reminders, simplification, and personalization—are at increasing the...

This study examines whether converting local government services into not-for-profit corporations improves service performance. Using...