Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-08-01Epub Date: 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1177/0193841X261423287
Kathryn A Thomas, Chloe J Kaminsky
{"title":"The State-Level Association Between Safe Haven Laws and Rates of Infant Mortality in the United States.","authors":"Kathryn A Thomas, Chloe J Kaminsky","doi":"10.1177/0193841X261423287","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0193841X261423287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the United States has safe haven laws, which allow mothers to safely relinquish their babies to designated safety points, rates of infant mortality remain significantly higher in the United States than other similarly developed countries. The current study is seeking to explore the state-level association between safe haven laws and infant mortality in the United States utilizing a legal epidemiological approach. Several sources of publicly available data were combined to examine the state-level association between safe haven laws and rates of infant mortality. A backward stepwise regression was used to determine whether certain safe haven laws significantly predicted rates of infant mortality, while controlling for demographic variables. After controlling for demographic variables including rates of health insurance and poverty, safe haven laws stating that only the mother can relinquish a child, laws that protect parents from criminal liability, and laws requiring the provider to provide legal information and referrals were associated with infant mortality, with the total model accounting for 70.1% of variance in infant mortality. These results have important implications for policymakers considering the reform of the safe haven laws. It is especially important to evaluate the effectiveness and origins of safe haven laws in the wake of the overturn of <i>Roe v. Wade</i>. Future studies should longitudinally examine how changes in safe haven laws lead to changes in rates of infant mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"754-765"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13180021/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-07-29DOI: 10.1177/0193841X261472564
Brian G Moss
{"title":"Effects of an Enhanced Academic Probation Email on Reenrollment and Academic Outcomes: Evidence From a Randomized Trial.","authors":"Brian G Moss","doi":"10.1177/0193841X261472564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X261472564","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Academic probation is a common institutional response to poor academic performance, yet limited experimental evidence exists on whether the content and framing of probation notifications influence student outcomes. This study examined the impact of an embellished academic probation email on reenrollment and academic performance among community college students placed on academic probation. A randomized controlled trial was conducted at a large, multi-campus community college. Students placed on academic probation at the end of the Fall term (<i>n</i> = 3,109) were randomly assigned to receive either the standard probation notification or an embellished version designed to increase salience and clarity through enhanced formatting, a graphic of sanctions progression, and encouragement to use support resources. Primary intent-to-treat outcomes were reenrollment in the subsequent Winter term and academic recovery, defined as reenrollment with a Winter GPA of at least 2.0. A secondary outcome, Winter GPA, was analyzed among students who reenrolled. Impacts were estimated using covariate-adjusted linear regression models, with logistic regression models estimated as robustness checks. The embellished email produced modest positive estimated effects. Reenrollment and academic recovery increased by approximately 2 to 3 percentage points, although estimates were accompanied by statistical uncertainty. Among returning students, Winter GPA was approximately 0.10 points higher in the treatment group, although these estimates were conditional on reenrollment and should be interpreted cautiously. Enhanced probation communications delivered through institutional email may modestly improve short-term academic outcomes for students placed on academic probation. More broadly, such low-cost communication interventions may complement broader student support strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"193841X261472564"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148608650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-07-26DOI: 10.1177/0193841X261471944
Trung Xuan Hoang, Anh Dieu Nguyen Le, Cuong Viet Nguyen
{"title":"The Cost of Being a Stepchild: Evidence From Vietnam.","authors":"Trung Xuan Hoang, Anh Dieu Nguyen Le, Cuong Viet Nguyen","doi":"10.1177/0193841X261471944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X261471944","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the association between family structure and children's health and educational outcomes in Vietnam. We find that children living with a single parent, either due to divorce or widowhood, tend to experience lower levels of health and education compared to those in nuclear families. In stepfamilies, we distinguish stepchildren from children who are the joint biological offspring of both parents. Overall, there are no significant differences in health and education between the joint children of both parents in blended families and children in nuclear families. However, for small children we find a large difference in health between stepchildren and the biological children of both parents. Specifically, being a stepchild is associated with a 4.4% reduction in height and a 13.9% reduction in weight for children aged 0-6. Among children aged 11 and above, stepchild status is associated with a significantly lower likelihood of school enrollment and completion of lower-secondary education.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"193841X261471944"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148593929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-07-20DOI: 10.1177/0193841X261464850
Georges Naufal, Bethany Patterson, Renee Danser, D James Greiner
{"title":"From Policy to Practice: Observations From an RCT Field Operation to Guide Implementing Counsel at First Appearance.","authors":"Georges Naufal, Bethany Patterson, Renee Danser, D James Greiner","doi":"10.1177/0193841X261464850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X261464850","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We offer a practical roadmap for implementing Counsel at First Appearance (CAFA) in the United States using evidence from Texas. CAFA consists of early access to legal representation for individuals facing bail adjudications after arrest, a stage of the case in which defendants do not enjoy a federal constitutional right to counsel. Drawing on randomized studies conducted in Texas and observations from jurisdictions that adopted CAFA, the paper outlines a step-by-step approach to implementation. It identifies stakeholders, including judges, public defenders, prosecutors, court administrators, and policymakers-and emphasizes the importance of early coordination and shared objectives. Alongside procedural guidance, the paper presents a set of questions for jurisdictions to consider during planning and rollout. By providing actionable strategies, the paper serves as a resource for jurisdictions and policymakers aiming to enhance fairness and efficiency through CAFA.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"193841X261464850"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148520935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teacher-AI Collaboration to Support Assessment and Feedback: A Case Study in Norwegian Secondary Education.","authors":"Jostein Kleveland, Michail Giannakos, Yngve Lindvig","doi":"10.1177/0193841X261458416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X261458416","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent advancements in Generative AI (GenAI) demonstrate strong potential for enhancing student evaluation and assessment practices through complementary and symmetric human-AI collaboration. This study examines the dispositions, perceived benefits, and challenges that teachers experience when they and GenAI complement one another in providing formative assessment and feedback. Partnering with a leading GenAI-powered EdTech platform, we conducted a case study in a Norwegian secondary school using Learny, a GenAI-supported feedback tool. Qualitative data were collected from teachers who employed Learny in their feedback practices. The findings indicate that teachers were generally curious and open to using GenAI, while emphasizing the need to maintain professional responsibility. They valued GenAI's capacity to save time, offer inspiration, and deliver timely feedback, yet raised concerns about feedback quality, lack of relational and contextual awareness, and the risk of student over-reliance on such feedback. The study contributes to the growing literature on hybrid intelligence in education by identifying conditions under which GenAI can effectively support, rather than replace, human educators. It underscores the centrality of teacher agency in AI-supported feedback and assessment practices and outlines key implications for pedagogy, future GenAI system design, and sustainable implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"193841X261458416"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148228395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1177/0193841X251394455
Yaling Chen, Qinnan Jiang, Zhifeng Dai
{"title":"Systemic Risk Spillover of Oil, Gold to China Financial Market: New Evidence From a Copula-CoVaR-MODWT Approach.","authors":"Yaling Chen, Qinnan Jiang, Zhifeng Dai","doi":"10.1177/0193841X251394455","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0193841X251394455","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper investigates the systemic risk spillovers from the oil and gold markets to China financial market. Specifically, this paper uses wavelet analysis methods combined with time-varying copula models to calculate the CoVaR to explore the risk tail correlation and the strength of systemic risk spillover effects among oil, gold and China financial market under time-frequency conditions. The empirical results are as follows: First, there is a systemic risk spillover from the oil and gold markets to China financial market with significant time-varying characteristics. Second, changes in oil prices exacerbate risk spillovers from China financial markets, while price volatility in the gold market has a moderating effect on its risk spillovers, with system-wide risk spillovers increasing significantly in times of major economic crisis events. Third, oil market has a greater intensity of systemic risk spillover to China financial market than the gold market. External economic events significantly affect the intensity of risk spillovers from oil to China financial market, and abnormal volatility shocks in internal stock markets significantly affect the intensity of risk spillovers from gold to China financial market more significantly than the impact of external events. Furthermore, in the frequency domain, the oil and gold markets have some lagging effect on the transmission of systemic risks to the China financial market.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"384-422"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145460254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2025-12-07DOI: 10.1177/0193841X251407401
Tatiana Kossova, Maria Sheluntcova
{"title":"The Choice of a Social Discount Rate for Transport Projects: The Case of Russia and Post-Soviet Countries.","authors":"Tatiana Kossova, Maria Sheluntcova","doi":"10.1177/0193841X251407401","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0193841X251407401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The implementation of transport infrastructure projects is a key priority of the Russian government. Large funds are allocated from the budget for road construction to ensure connectivity across the country's regions. Evaluating their economic feasibility is a key step in managing transportation projects. A social discount rate is required to estimate the present value of net social benefits. This study aims to provide a reasonable methodology for estimating the social discount rate for long-term transport projects in Russia. To determine this rate, we use the social opportunity cost of capital approach (SOC) and the social rate of time preference approach (SRTP). For 0-30 years, we recommend SRTP = 3.2% in the general case and SOC = 7.4% to attract private funds. The confidence interval for the SRTP ranges from 1.7% to 4%. For 31-60 years, decision-makers should use 3.2%, and a zero-discount rate for the later period. The proposed solutions will be useful for other post-Soviet countries preparing large-scale infrastructure projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"462-481"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145702431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Informational Entropy-Based Value Formation: A New Paradigm for a Deeper Understanding of Value.","authors":"Quan-Hoang Vuong, Viet-Phuong La, Minh-Hoang Nguyen","doi":"10.1177/0193841X251396210","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0193841X251396210","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The major global challenges of our time-such as climate change, environmental degradation, rising inequality, and the emergence of disruptive technologies-demand interdisciplinary research to generate effective solutions. A clear understanding of value is essential for guiding socio-cultural and economic transitions to address these issues. Despite numerous attempts to define value, existing approaches remain inconsistent across disciplines and lack a comprehensive framework. This paper introduces a novel perspective on value through the lens of granular interaction thinking theory, proposing an informational entropy-based notion of value. Grounded on quantum mechanics, Shannon's information theory, and the mindsponge theory, this framework integrates both subjective and objective considerations and is highly compatible with interdisciplinary research. The informational entropy-based notion of value effectively bridges diverse concepts of value, including use and exchange value in economics, personal values in psychology, and cultural, moral, ethical, and esthetic values in society. By offering a unifying perspective, granular interaction thinking theory provides a valuable framework for translating insights from quantum mechanics into socio-cultural, economic, and psychological contexts, enriching theoretical discourse and enhancing analytical effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"516-540"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145490598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1177/0193841X251380903
Zhufeng Wang, Lu Wang, Zitao Zhang
{"title":"Predicting New Energy Prices: Are Technical Indicators and Regime-Switching Models Helpful?","authors":"Zhufeng Wang, Lu Wang, Zitao Zhang","doi":"10.1177/0193841X251380903","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0193841X251380903","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study introduces a novel aligned technical index, derived from multiple technical indicators, that encompasses a broader spectrum of technical measurement strategies than those obtained from previous 3PRF (Three-Pass Regression Filter) research. Our empirical results demonstrate that this index exhibits significant predictive power for new energy price returns in both in-sample and out-of-sample tests. This index is extracted using the 3PRF method and yields significantly better results than those obtained with traditional methods. Considering that the market typically operates in two states, we incorporate a regime-switching model with time-varying transition probabilities into our forecasting framework. The findings indicate that the technical index influences the probability of regime transitions between states and that the inclusion of a regime-switching model further enhances predictive performance. The incorporation of the regime-switching mechanism further improves the predictive performance of the model. Moreover, from an asset allocation perspective, both the technical index and regime-switching models deliver considerable economic value to mean-variance investors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"315-345"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evaluation ReviewPub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2025-10-29DOI: 10.1177/0193841X251391891
Ye Chen, Yu Wei, Chunyan Zhou
{"title":"Climate Risk Transmissions to Commodity Markets: Evidence From a Mixed-Frequency Spillover Approach.","authors":"Ye Chen, Yu Wei, Chunyan Zhou","doi":"10.1177/0193841X251391891","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0193841X251391891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between climate risks and commodity markets remains insufficiently explored, especially when analyzed through the lens of high-frequency data. This study seeks to address this gap by investigating the spillover effects of global climate risks, both physical and transitional, on key commodity markets and employs a novel analytical framework. By utilizing newly developed climate risk indices alongside the innovative mixed-frequency spillover measure, this research combines high-frequency climate risk data with the responses of low-frequency commodity prices. Our results highlight notable spillover effects, demonstrating that climate risks serve as the primary drivers of spillovers to commodity markets in a mixed-frequency data context, whereas such effects are not observed within a common-frequency data environment. These findings have important implications for policy-makers and investors, indicating that current market analyses may not capture the influence of climate risk adequately.</p>","PeriodicalId":47533,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation Review","volume":" ","pages":"346-383"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145402278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}