JPAM's Closer Look

Journal of Policy Analysis & Management

JPAM’s Closer Look is a deep-dive discussion with Journal of Policy Analysis & Management (JPAM) authors who are researching some of the top issues facing our country today.

  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    38. How do disability insurance programs work?
    Our host, Seth Gershenson, speaks to Pierre Koning and Carlos Riumalló-Herl, recipients of the 2025 Vernon Memorial Award, about their article “Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance awards.”
    16 November 2025, 2:25 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    37. Effects of Center Based Child Care on Disadvantaged Children
    Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Dr. Chris Herbst, Professor of Public Affairs at Arizona State University, about an experimental evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program.
    8 October 2025, 2:35 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    36. Assessing the Impact of Juvenile Justice Referrals

    Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor Stephen B. Holt of SUNY Albany about the consequences of student referrals to the juvenile justice system.

    19 June 2025, 4:56 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    35. How do Teachers Improve Early in their Career?

    Our host, Seth Gershenson, talks to Eric Taylor of the Harvard Graduate School of Education about the extent to which teachers improve over the course of their careers.

    10 March 2025, 8:00 am
  • 57 minutes 46 seconds
    34. Effects of Drinking Water Contamination on Birth Outcomes

    Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor Elaine Hill of the University of Rochester about the consequences of modest levels of drinking water contamination that are compliant with federal regulations.

    16 January 2025, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    33. Equity Implications of Property Tax Reassessments

    Jour our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor David Schwegman about the equity implications of a change to Philadelphia's Property Tax Reassessment policies.

    4 December 2024, 2:31 am
  • 59 minutes 17 seconds
    32. Recycling Habits and Policy in New York City

    Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor Dylan Brewer of The Georgia Institute of Technology about the resiliency of New Yorkers' recycling habits and, more generally, the basic economics of municipal recycling programs.

    11 November 2024, 9:00 am
  • 41 minutes 55 seconds
    31. The Long Lasting Consequences of School Shootings

    Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Professor Robin McKnight of Wellesley College about long-lasting and widespread consequences of school shootings.

    7 October 2024, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    30. Evictions and Psychiatric Treatment

    Our host, Seth Gershenson, talks to Professor Catherine Maclean of George Mason University about her research on the impact of access to psychiatric treatment centers on evictions and housing stability.

    15 April 2024, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    29. Should the Public Fund Professional Sports Stadiums?

    Our host, Seth Gershenson, talks to JC Bradbury of Kennesaw State University about the economics and politics of public funding for professional sports stadiums.

    6 February 2024, 9:00 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    28. The Impacts of Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees

    Our host talks with Taylor Odle about his Vernon Memorial Prize-winning paper with Lauren Russel about the Impacts of Reverse Transfer Associate Degree programs.

    4 December 2023, 10:00 am
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