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| Date/Time |
Topic |
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Presenter/Author(s) |
| Thursday, November 8 |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Housing for Homeless Persons with Mental Illness: Using Research to Build Effective Policy |
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Craig Thornton, Discussant |
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Shaping the Policy Debate Over Merit Pay |
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Steve Glazerman, Discussant |
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"The Rationale and Potential Consequences of the Revised WIC Food Package" Abstract | Paper |
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Barbara Devaney |
| 12:00 p.m. |
"A Workable Approach for Dealing with the Multiple Comparisons Problem in Experimental Evaluations" Abstract |
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Peter Schochet |
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"The Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Models" Abstract |
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Daniel Player, Jill Constantine, and Paul Decker |
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"Income Security for Workers: A Stressed Support System in Need of Innovation" Abstract |
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David Stapleton, Robert Weathers, Gina Livermore, and Peiyun She |
| 3:30 p.m. |
"Teaching Self-Sufficiency: 30-Month Impacts of a Home Visitation and Life Skills Education Program for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients" Abstract |
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Alicia Meckstroth, Andrew Burwick, and Quinn Moore |
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"When Work First Doesn't Work: Identifying and Assessing the Needs of Long-Term TANF Recipients" Paper |
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Michelle Derr, Jacqueline Kauff, and LaDonna Pavetti |
| Friday, November 9 |
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| 9:30 a.m. |
Mixed Method Approaches to Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation |
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Ann Person, Discussant |
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"What the Data Doesn't Tell You: State Responses to Higher TANF Work Participation Rates" Abstract |
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LaDonna Pavetti |
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"The Effects of Early Reading First on Preschool Classroom Environments and Children's Language and Literacy Skills" Abstract |
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Melissa Clark, Peter Schochet, Christine Ross, and John Burghardt |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Conveying Substantive Significance: Calculation and Interpretation of Effect Sizes and Other Measures |
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Duncan Chaplin, Discussant |
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"Averaging Estimates of Program Impacts: Why, When, and How?" Abstract |
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Irma Perez-Johnson |
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Engaging the Unengaged: State and County Strategies for Reducing Non-Participation in TANF Work Activities |
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Anu Rangarajan, Chair |
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"The Design and Implementation of TANF Work Sanctions After the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005" Abstract |
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Jacqueline Kauff, LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle Derr, and Emily Sama Martin |
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"Social and Economic Integration of Latino Immigrant Families in New Rural Destinations" |
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Heather Koball |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Rising from the Ashes of the SIPP: Opportunities and Challenges |
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John Czajka, Discussant |
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"Amounts and Sources of Erroneous Payments in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs" Abstract |
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Michael Ponza, Philip Gleason, Lara Hulsey, and Quinn Moore |
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Disability Employment Policy: Findings from Three Path-Breaking UK Studies and Lessons for the U.S. |
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David Wittenburg, Discussant |
| Saturday, November 10 |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Employment Retention and Advancement in the Low-Wage Labor Market |
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Anu Rangarajan, Chair and
LaDonna Pavetti, Discussant
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"The Dynamics of Earnings and Employment Among Single Mothers Following Poverty Exits" Abstract |
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Quinn Moore, Anu Rangarajan, and Peter Schochet |
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"Social Security Disability Beneficiaries: Characteristics, Work Activity, and Use of Services" Abstract |
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Debra Wright and Gina Livermore |
| 10:30 a.m. |
The Continuing Impact of Race on Higher Education Processes, Policies, and Outcomes |
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Daniel Player, Discussant |
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"Looking to the Future: Early Head Start Impacts and Services" Abstract |
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Cheri Vogel, Jerry West, and John Love |
| 1:15 p.m. |
"Impacts of Four Abstinence Education Programs on Youth Behavior and Knowledge" Abstract |
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Chris Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, and Kenneth Fortson |
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"An Evaluation of the Effects of Habitat, Mexican Social Program, on Basic Infrastructure" Abstract | Paper |
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Larissa Campuzano |
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"Do Workers with Disabilities Have Higher Earnings After Enrollment in the Medicaid Buy-In Program?" Abstract |
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Su Liu and Robert Weathers |
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"The Impact of Federally Supported Postsecondary Education on the Labor Earnings of the Deaf" Abstract |
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Robert Weathers |
| 3:00 p.m. |
How Well Are We Meeting the Basic Needs of Low-Income Children? |
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LaDonna Pavetti, Discussant |
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"Facilitating Random Assignment in Schools" Abstract |
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Duncan Chaplin |
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"Is Regression Adjustment Supported by the Neyman Model for Causal Inference?" Abstract | Paper |
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Peter Schochet |
