Our community includes faculty, research staff, and students who conduct and support research on pressing problems related to education, labor, health, social welfare, the environment, and more. Our goal is to develop knowledge that enables leaders to break through complexity in order to make meaningful policy decisions and provide effective solutions.
CPR is the home of the Center for Policy Design and Governance (CPDG), the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health, the Maxwell X Lab, and the Program on Educational Equity and Policy (PEEPs).
- Center for Policy Research - Education Finance and Accountability Program
- Center for Policy Research - Policy Briefs
- Center for Policy Research - Reports
- Center for Policy Research - Working Papers
- Center for Policy Research - Aging Studies Program Papers
- Center for Policy Research - Income Security Policy
- Center for Policy Research - Metropolitan Studies Program
- Center for Policy Research - Papers in Microsimulation
Camp Econometrics is an annual conference that brings together econometricians and empirical economists from a wide range of universities and institutions around the world. It is hosted by Professor Badi Baltagi and the Center for Policy Research. The goals of the conference each year are to:
- discuss issues in econometrics, both applied and theoretical;
- present papers for comments by participants;
- stimulate student interest in econometrics and;
- help students develop their technical presentation skills by encouraging them to participate in the meetings, contribute to poster sessions, and present papers.
2006
Rational Alcohol Addiction: Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Badi H. Baltagi and Ingo Geishecker
Prediction in the Panel Data Model with Spatial Correlation: The Case of Liquor, Badi H. Baltagi and Dong Li
Testing for Cointegrating Rank via Model Selection: Evidence from 165 Data Sets, Badi H. Baltagi and Zijun Wang
Estimating Heterogeneous Capacity and Capacity Utilization in a Multi-Species Fishery, Ronald G. Felthoven, William C. Horrace, and Kurt E. Schnier
Identifying Technically Efficient Fishing Vessels: A Non-Empty, Minimal Subset Approach, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, William Clinton Horrace, and Kurt E. Schnier
Inter-Industry Gender Wage Gaps by Knowledge Intensity: Discrimination and Technology in Korea, William C. Horrace, Beyza P. Ural, and Jin Hwa Jung
The Asymptotics for Panel Models with Common Shocks, Chihwa Kao, Lorenzo Trapani, and Giovanni Urga
Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life, Thomas J. Kniesner, W. Kip Viscusi, Christopher Woock, and James P. Ziliak
Changing Economic Incentives in Long-Term Care, R. Tamara Konetzka
How Will Declining Rates of Marriage Reshape Eligibility for Social Security?, Madonna Harrington Meyer, Douglas A. Wolf, and Christine L. Himes
Estimating Heterogeneous Production in Fisheries, Kurt E. Schnier, Christopher M. Anderson, and William Clinton Horrace
Variations Among Regions and Hospitals in Managing Chronic Illness: How Much Care Is Enough?, John E. Wennberg
Stop STAR II!, John Yinger
2005
Designing State Aid to Education in the Presence of Property Tax Exemptions Part 2, John Yinger
Designing State Aid to Education in the Presence of Property Tax Exemptions Part 1, John Yinger
Unintended Consequences of Property Tax Relief: New York's STAR Program, Tae Ho Eom, William Duncombe, and John Yinger
Social Interactions in Labor Supply, Andrew Grodner and Thomas J. Kniesner
Ranking Inequality: Applications of Multivariate Subset Selection, William C. Horrace, Joseph T. Marchand, and Timothy M. Smeeding
How to Pay for Education Finance Reform, John Yinger
School Finance Reform and Property Values, Part 2: Public Service Capitalization, John Yinger
School Finance Reform and Property Values Part 1: Property Tax Capitalization, John Yinger
School District Responses to State Aid Programs, John Yinger
The Unintended Consequences of Property Tax Relief, John Yinger
School District Consolidation, John Yinger
Whole-School Reform, John Yinger
A Failing Grade for 13 Governors, John Yinger
Holding Accountability Programs Accountable, John Yinger
On the Estimation and Inference of a Panel Cointegration Model with Cross-Sectional Dependence, Jushan Bai and Chihwa Kao
Joint LM Test for Homoskedasticity in a One-Way error Component Model, Badi H. Baltagi, Georges Bresson, and Alain Pirotte
Estimating Models of Complex FDI: Are There Third-Country Effects?, Badi H. Baltagi, Peter Egger, and Michael Pfaffermayr
Do Credit Market Barriers Exist for Minority and Women Entrepreneurs?, Lloyd Blanchard, Bo Zhao, and John Yinger
Labor Supply with Social Interactions: Econometric Estimates and Their Tax Policy Implications, Andrew Grodner and Thomas Kniesner
Ranking Inequality: Applications of Multivariate Subset Selection, William C. Horrace, Joseph T. Marchand, and Timothy M. Smeeding
Simulation-Based Two-Step Estimation with Endogenous Regressors, Kamhon Kan and Chihwa Kao
Cox-McFadden Partial and Marginal Likelihoods for the Proportional Hazard Model with Random Effects, Jan Ondrich
Allocating Resources within a Big City School District: New York City after Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. New York, Ross Rubenstein and Lawrence Miller
Spending Health Care Dollars Wisely: Can Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Help?, Milton C. Weinstein
Calculating the Added Costs of Educating Disadvantaged Students, John Yinger
Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study, Bo Zhao, Jan Ondrich, and John Yinger
2004
Estimating the Cost of an Adequate Education, John Yinger
The CFE Case, John Yinger
The Effect of Income Taxation on Consumption and Labor Supply, James P. Ziliak and Thomas J. Kniesner
Social Interaction and the Health Insurance Choices of the Elderly, Eldar Beiseitov, Jeffrey D. Kubik, and John R. Moran
Are the Benefits of Medicine Worth What We Pay for It?, David M. Cutler
How Much More Does a Disadvantaged Student Cost?, William D. Duncombe and John Yinger
Education Finance Reform in New York: Calculating the Cost of a 'Sound Basic Education' in New York City, William Duncombe and John Yinger
Welfare State Expenditures and the Distribution of Child Opportunities, Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy M. Smeeding
Do We Invest Less Time in Children? Trends in Parental Time in Selected Industrialized Countries Since the 1960's, Anne H. Gauthier, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Frank F. Furstenberg
Taxes, Deadweight Loss and Intertemporal Female Labor Supply: Evidence from Panel Data, Anil Kumar
Duration Data from the National Long-Term Care Survey: Foundation for a Dynamic Multiple-Indicator Model of ADL Dependency, James N. Laditka and Douglas A. Wolf
Maternal Employment and Adolescent Self-Care, Leonard M. Lopoo
Income and the Use of Prescription Drugs by the Elderly: Evidence from the Notch Cohorts, John R. Moran and Kosali Ilayperuma Simon
Social Integration of Older Immigrants in 21st Century America, Janet Wilmoth
School Finance, Equivalent Educational Expenditure, and Income Distribution: Equal Dollars or Equal Chances for Success?, Kathryn Wilson, Kristina T. Lambright, and Timothy M. Smeeding
2003
Does Whole-School Reform Boost Student Performance? The Case of New York City, Robert Bifulco, William Duncombe, and John Yinger
On the Measurment of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models, Dan Black and Thomas J. Kniesner
Do Public Expenditures Improve Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison across Fifty States, Kristen Harknett, Irwin Garfinkel, Jay Bainbridge, and Timothy Smeeding
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: The Proof Is in the Productivity, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Chihwa Kao
Data Mining Mining Data: MSHA Enforcement Efforts, Underground Coal Mine Safety, and New Health Policy Implications, Thomas J. Kniesner and John D. Leeth
Psychotherapy in Antidepressant Patients, Thomas J. Kniesner, Regina H. Powers, and Thomas W. Croghan
The Changing American Hospital in the Twenty-first Century, Ralph W. Muller
Agglomeration, Labor Supply, and the Urban Rat Race, Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange
Geography, Industrial Organization, and Agglomeration, Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange
Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally: Public Policy Issues of the Georgia HOPE Scholarship Program and the Lottery for Education, Ross Rubenstein
2002
Why Relative Economic Position Does not Matter: A Cost Benenit Analysis, Thomas J. Kniesner and W. Kip Viscusi
Provider Type and Depression Treatment Adequacy, Thomas J. Kniesner, Regina H. Powers, and Thomas W. Croghan
Contracting with Limited Commitment: Evidence from Employment-Based Health Insurance Contracts, Keith J. Crocker and John R. Moran
Pharmaceuticals: Access, Cost, Pricing, and Directions for the Future, Patricia M. Danzon and Stephen B. Soumerai
Estimating the Cost of an Adequate Education in New York, William Duncombe
Looking the Other Way: A Critique of the Fair-Lending Enforcement System and a Plan to Fix It, Stephen L. Ross and John Yinger
Globalization, Inequality, and the Rich Countries of the G-20: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Timothy M. Smeeding
2001
Explicit Versus Implicit Income, Thomas J. Kniesner and James P. Ziliak
Have 401(k)s Raised Household Savings? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study, Gary V. Engelhart
Pre-Retirement Lump-Sum Pension Distributions and Retirement Income Security: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study, Gary V. Engelhart
Intergenerational Labor Market and Welfare Consequences of Poor Health, Thomas J. Kniesner and Anthony T. LoSasso
Intergenerational Labor Market and Welfare Consequences of Poor Health, Thomas J. Kniesner and Anthony T. LoSasso
Determinants of Medical Costs Following a Diagnosis of Depression, Regina H. Powers, Thomas J. Kniesner, and Thomas W. Croghan
Unfinished Business: Inadequate Health Coverage for Privately Insured, Seriously Ill Children, Nancy Swigonski, Eleanor D. Kinney, Deborah A. Freund, and Thomas J. Kniesner
The Role of Microsimulation in Longitudinal Data Analysis, Douglas A. Wolf
Private Philanthropy and the Economics of Public Radio, Arthur C. Brooks
Does School District Consolidation Cut Costs?, William Duncombe and John Yinger
Nominal Loss Aversion, Housing Equity Constraints, and Household Mobility: Evidence from the United States, Gary Engelhardt
How Does Dipping into Your Pension Affect Your Retirement Wealth?, Gary V. Engelhardt
Asymptotic Inference in Censored Regression Models Revisited, Chihwa Kao
Some New Approaches to Formulate and Estimate Friction-Bernoulli Jump Diffusion and Friction-GARCH, Chihwa Kao
Can Policy Changes Be Treated as Natural Experiments? Evidence from State Excise Taxes, Jeffrey D. Kubik and John R. Moran
Lethal Elections: Gubernatorial Politics and the Timing of Executions, Jeffrey D. Kubik and John R. Moran
United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context, Timothy Smeeding, Lee Rainwater, and Gary Burtles
Fixing New York's State Education Aid Dinosaur: A Proposal, John Yinger
2000
Antidepressent Treatment for Depression: Total Charges and Therapy Duration, Deborah G. Dobrez, Catherine A. Melfi, Thomas W. Croghan, Thomas J. Kniesner, and Robert L. Obenchain
Personal Income Taxes and the Growth of Small Firms, Robert Carroll, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Mark Rider, and Harvey S. Rosen
Chasing the Elderly: Can State and Local Governments Attract Recent Retirees?, William Duncombe, Mark Robbins, and Douglas A. Wolf
Association between Body Size and Mortality in Later Life, Christine L. Himes
Patterns of Time use of People Age 55 to 64 Years Old: Some Cross-National Comparisons, Anne H. Gauthier and Timothy M. Smeeding
Nonstationary Panels, Cointegration in Panels and Dynamic Panels: A Survey, Badi H. Baltagi and Chihwa Kao
Slippery When Wet: The Effects of Local Alcohol Access Laws on Highway Safety, Reagan Anne Baughman, Michael Edward Conlin, Stacy Dickert-Conlin, and John V. Pepper
How Well Can We Track Cohabitation Using the SIPP? A Consideration of Direct and Inferred Measures, Reagan Anne Baughman, Stacy Dickert-Conlin, and Scott Houser
Are We Understating the Impact of Economic Conditions on Welfare Rolls?, Dan A. Black, Terra G. McKinnish, and Seth G. Sanders
Microdata Panel Data and Public Policy: National and Cross-National Perspectives, Richard V. Burkhauser
