Highlighted Publications




 

This study examined whether legalizing recreational cannabis in U.S. states affected the use of cannabis, cigarettes, and e-cigarettes over five years. Researchers analyzed data from more than 55,000 adults across the United States using the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study from 2013 to 2022. They compared states that legalized cannabis with those that did not. Cannabis use increased by 3.28 percentage points and e-cigarette (ENDS) use rose by 1.39 poi

This study asked how the design of Virginia’s “Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead” (G3) tuition-free college program affected community...

This study asks how the COVID-19 pandemic affected student learning trajectories in Michigan, particularly in math and reading....

This study asks how stricter immigration enforcement affected the employment, wages, and job quality of immigrant women in the United...

This article asks whether states can affordably implement a targeted, fully refundable Child Tax Credit (CTC) to reduce child poverty....

This study asked whether restrictive state gun laws reduce firearm-related suicides and homicides. Researchers examined gun law scores...

This study examined whether proximity to golf courses raises the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Using Rochester Epidemiology Project...

Short Summary This nationally representative study analyzed 25,847 U.S. children and adolescents from NHANES (2008–2023) to assess...

Full Citation and Link to Article Bagwe, G., Margitic, J., & Stashko, A. (2025). Polling place location and the costs of voting. Journal...

This paper investigates how partisan control over redistricting influences seat shares in the U.S. House of Representatives. Using...

This study asks whether plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline plastic litter. The authors combine data from 611 U.S. state, county,...

This study examines whether a weighted-student funding pilot in Nevada improved school expenditures and student achievement. Researchers...

This study asks how the duration and timing of childhood net worth poverty (NWP)—household wealth below 25% of the federal poverty...

The study investigates whether neighborhood incarceration rates predict life expectancy independent of broader social disadvantage. Using...

This study asks whether Medicaid eligibility expansions for pregnant women in the 1980s and 1990s influenced physicians’ practice...

The study asks whether and how Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation for mental health conditions affects veterans’ economic...

This study investigates whether being assigned to teach in one’s home state affects teacher retention. Using unique Teach For America...

The report asks how misinformation and disinformation about climate science shape public understanding and policy responses. To answer...

This article asks why Nordic countries maintain much lower income inequality than the U.S. and U.K. Using cross-country comparisons, OECD...

This study investigated whether the Massachusetts Medicaid Flexible Services Program (FSP) reduced food insecurity, housing insecurity,...

This study asks whether substituting student loans with need-based gift aid alters postsecondary outcomes for low-income students at...

This study asks whether Code Louisville, a federally supported sectoral-style training program in computer coding, improves participants’...

This study investigates whether intensive, personalized advising through the EMERGE Fellowship improves selective college outcomes for...

This study examined whether urban greenspace modifies the relationship between ambient temperature and violent crime in Chicago,...