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Time to baccalaureate degree in the labor market: Evidence from a field experiment

IF 3.8 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70010

Michael D. Bloem

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INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH ARTICLES

IF 2.3 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-04-03 DOI: 10.1002/pam.22671

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How effective are behavioral interventions to increase the take-up of social benefits? A systematic review of field experiments

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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70005

Pierre-Marc Daigneault, Mathieu Ouimet, Alexandre Fortin-Chouinard, Eriole Zita Nonki Tadida, Antoine Baby-Bouchard

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Administrative checkpoints, burdens, and human-centered design: Increasing interview access to raise SNAP participation 行政检查点、负担和以人为本的设计：增加面谈机会，提高 SNAP 参与率

IF 3.8 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70007

Jae Yeon Kim, Pamela Herd, Sebastian Jilke, Donald Moynihan, Kerry Rodden

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On the margin: Who receives a juvenile referral in school and what effect does it have?

IF 3.8 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70009

Lucy C. Sorensen, Andrea M. Headley, Stephen B. Holt

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Breastfeeding and the return to work after childbirth of new mothers: Evidence from a baby formula scare

IF 3.8 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70003

Limor Hatsor, Ity Shurtz

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Citizenship question effects on household survey response

IF 3.8 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70004

J. David Brown, Misty L. Heggeness

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Green Gentrification and Environmental Injustice: A Complexity Approach to Policy by Heather E.Campbell, AdamEckerd, and YushimKim. Springer Cham, 2024, 202 pp., $179.99 (hardcover).

IF 3.8 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70006

Shanti Gamper‐Rabindran

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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley. Simon & Schuster, 2024, 256 pp.

IF 3.8 3区管理学

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1002/pam.70008

Valeria Umanets

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Practical issues in conducting distributional weighting in benefit-cost analysis