On this episode, Mathematica's Kara Zivin, The Commonwealth Fund's Laurie Zephyrin, and Texans Care for Children's Adriana Kohler discuss the societal costs of maternal mental health conditions.
This episode of On the Evidence explores lessons from pandemic-era adaptations by agencies administering human services programs, with insights from guests Diana McCallum, Jonathan McCay, Kataney Couamin, Andrea Barnum, Michelle Derr.
In this episode of On the Evidence, Mathematica’s Adam Coyne speaks with EDI Global’s Chris Boyd and Respichius Deogratias Mitti about the changing role of data and evidence in a more interconnected world.
On this episode of On the Evidence, guests Mathematica’s Aparna Keshaviah joins Spelman College’s Na’Taki Osborne Jelks and Arizona State University’s Na’Taki Conroy-Ben to discuss how the expanded use of wastewater testing as a tool for pandemic response could also advance equity.
On this episode of On the Evidence, Mathematica’s Mariel Finucane and John Deke join Tim Day of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to discuss the application of evidence-informed Bayesian methods that not only confirm whether a policy or program works, but for whom.
Guests Zachary Markovits of Results for America, Christy McFarland of the National League of Cities, and Candace Miller of Mathematica discuss local spending of federal aid from the American Rescue Plan Act, including the role that data, evidence, and evaluation play in the use of those funds.
Mathematica’s Adam Coyne, Jill Constantine, and Chris Trenholm reflect on ways Mathematica and its partners rose to meet health and social challenges in 2021 and what lies ahead in the coming year.
The latest episode of On the Evidence focuses on the federal Strengthening Working Families Initiative, which removed barriers to child care for parents who wanted to increase their skills to obtain or advance in jobs in high-growth industries by completing education and training.
On this episode of On the Evidence, Mirror Group’s Mindelyn Anderson joins Mathematica’s Kimberlin Butler to discuss the philanthropic sector’s role in advancing culturally responsive and equitable research.
A new guide offers lessons on screening for social needs and connecting patients with community-based organizations that can help.
On the Evidence speaks with organizers and participants from a two-week, hands-on instructional program cosponsored by Howard University and Mathematica that trained data scientists and social scientists on using tools and methods to counter anti-Black racism and inequity.
Guests from Vermont’s Linking Learning to Careers discuss lessons from Mathematica’s evaluation of the five-year demonstration program.
Anita Summers, a former chair of Mathematica’s board of directors, shares stories from her economics career, which began in the 1940s, when few women were entering this field.
Guests from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Mathematica discuss evidence from an evaluation of a multi-state model that uses proactive measures to prevent improper use of ambulance services.
On the Evidence sits down with staff from Bright Beginnings, an early childhood nonprofit that launched a fatherhood initiative to deepen its support of children and families.
On this episode of On the Evidence, guests John Ward, Sean Wilson, Richard Barr, Kirk Berry, and Rebekah Selekman discuss COVID-19’s implications for delivering fatherhood engagement services during and after the pandemic.
Patricia A. King, LaVerne H. Council, and Akira Bell, all members of Mathematica’s board of directors, discuss the company’s aspirations to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Guests George Putnam, Dana Rotz, and Naihobe Gonzalez discuss the current distressed economy and evidence-based ideas about how to help workers who have been negatively affected by the pandemic.
After two years of hosting Mathematica’s On the Evidence podcast, J.B. Wogan shares lessons from 52 episodes and counting.
On this episode of On the Evidence, four guests discuss an increasingly popular approach for helping people find jobs and achieve other, related goals that provide economic security, such as getting a GED, buying a car, and improving a credit score.
On this episode of On the Evidence, Kirabo Jackson discusses his education research. Jackson is an economist at Northwestern University and the recipient of the 2020 David N. Kershaw Award and Prize.
A new book about performance-informed management in state and local government draws from Mathematica’s experts on program improvement, performance measurement, and evaluation.
Kim D. Kaiser, an autism advocate and certified peer support specialist, and David Wittenburg of Mathematica discuss transition-age youth who have disabilities and must navigate a complex and fragmented system to access benefits and support services.
Guests Kilolo Kijakazi and Cleo Jacobs Johnson discuss what organizations can do to make progress on addressing structural racism in policy research.
On this episode of On the Evidence, economists Jennifer Doleac and Kosali Simon share lessons from their experiences interpreting and translating policy research for media interviews, Twitter, podcasts, and elsewhere.
On this episode of On the Evidence, we feature six short interviews with the 2019 summer fellows about the research questions they pursued and what they have learned so far.
For this episode of On the Evidence, we spoke with the principal investigators for the project: Dave Jones, an associate director in the Health Unit at Mathematica, and Dave Frisvold, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Iowa.
In a series of episodes produced by Mathematica in support of the APPAM Fall Research Conference, On the Evidence sat down with more than a dozen guests to discuss some of today’s most pressing social challenges and what can be done about them.
Maria Cancian, the president-elect of APPAM and the dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, and Mathematica’s Matt Stagner, current APPAM president, discuss the need for greater diversity at APPAM and in the public policy research community more broadly.
In this episode of On the Evidence, we talk with Jed Herrmann, of Results for America, about the latest edition of the annual Invest in What Works State Standard of Excellence.
In this episode of On the Evidence, Jeffrey Ballou, Eugene Rich, and Julie Schilz, three primary care experts from Mathematica, explain the latest push by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to change primary care through new payment models.
In this week’s episode of On the Evidence, we discuss with Rebecca Neusteter, Policing Program Director at the Vera Institute of Justice, what she has learned about translating, packaging, and sharing the latest research on policing.
In this episode of On the Evidence, we take a look at early efforts to redesign and streamline the daily operations of the city’s workforce system, starting with a cash assistance program for work-ready adults called the Employment, Advancement and Retention Network.
In this episode of On the Evidence, we discuss the one-year anniversary of Boston's Civic Research Agenda with the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics.
The federal government and some states are increasingly looking toward work requirements in benefit programs as a way to increase employment among low-income populations.
On this episode of On the Evidence, J.B. Wogan spoke with Katherine Klosek, director of applied research at the Center for Government Excellence (GovEx) at Johns Hopkins University, about the roadmap and the state of evidence-based policymaking in cities.
In October 2018, Andrew Kleine spoke with Mathematica’s J.B. Wogan and Matt Stagner about outcome budgeting, collective impact models, pay-for-success financing, and why so few governments currently use outcome budgeting. Read an edited excerpt of the interview and listen to the podcast.
As Mathematica’s 50th anniversary draws to a close, we asked a few people who were part of the company’s beginnings to reflect on the organization’s full arc: how it began, how it has evolved, what effect it has had on public policy, and what pieces have remained core parts of the organization’s DNA....
Last month, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) hosted its fall research conference in Washington, DC.