= Policy Analysis = '''Policy analysis''' or '''policy studies''' is a broad field seeking to understand and improve policy. <> ---- == Description == This field deals with public policy and evaluation of it. Some portions of the field are descriptive. Other portions apply public choice policy and blend with [[PoliticalScience/InstitutionalDesign|institutional design academia]]. Closely related to the professional field of program evaluation. ---- == Reading Notes == For anything relating to governmental federalization, centralization, or decentralization, see [[PoliticalScience/InstitutionalDesign|institutional design]]. For anything relating to private markets, see [[PoliticalScience/RegulatoryEconomics|regulatory economics]]. (Yes, arguably welfare is a policy affecting the labor market, but this organization is convenient.) For anything relating to nation building, see [[PoliticalScience/InternationalDevelopment|international development]]. === Criminal Justice === * [[OffenderAssessment|Offender Assessment: General Issues and Considerations]], James Bonta, 2000 * [[ForecastingMethodsInCrimeAndJustice|Forecasting Methods in Crime and Justice]], Richard Berk, 2008 * [[MarvinFrankelsMistakesAndTheNeedToRethinkFederalSentencing|Marvin Frankel's Mistakes and the Need to Rethink Federal Sentencing]], Lynn Adelman and Jon Deitrich, 2008 * [[ForecastingMurderWithinAPopulationOfProbationersAndParolees|Forecasting murder within a population of probationers and parolees: a high stakes application of statistical learning]]; Richard Berk, Lawrence Sherman, Geoffrey Barnes, Ellen Kurtz and Lindsay Ahlman; 2009 * [[EvaluatingThePredictiveValidityOfTheCOMPASRiskAndNeedsAssessmentSystem|Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the COMPAS Risk and Needs Assessment System]]; Tim Brennan, William Dieterich, Beate Ehret; 2009 * [[ImprovingTheGuidelinesThroughCriticalEvaluation|Improving the Guidelines Through Critical Evaluation: An Important New Role for District Courts]], Lynn Adelman and Jon Deitrich, 2009 * [[WhatTheSentencingCommissionOughtToBeDoing|What the Sentencing Commission Ought to Be Doing: Reducing Mass Incarceration]], Lynn Adelman, 2013 * [[DetectingGroupedLocalAverageTreatmentEffectsAndSelectingTrueInstrumentsWithAnApplicationToEstimatingTheEffectOfPrisonOnRecidivism|Detecting Grouped Local Average Treatment Effects and Selecting True Instruments With an Application to Estimating the Effect of Prison on Recidivism]]; Nicolas Apfel, Helmut Farbmacher, Rebecca Groh, Martin Huber, and Henrika Langen; 2023 === Organized Crime === * [[IncreasingIntergovernmentalCoordinationToFightCrime|Increasing intergovernmental coordination to fight crime: evidence from Mexico]], Marco Alcocer, 2024 * [[CriminalFragmentationInMexico|Criminal fragmentation in Mexico]], Jane Esberg, 2026 === Welfare === * [[MultipleProgramUseInADynamicContext|Multiple Program Use in a Dynamic Context: Data from the SIPP]], Rebecca M. Blank and Patricia Ruggles, 1992 * [[WelfareProgramReentryAmongPostreformLeavers|Welfare Program Reentry among Postreform Leavers]]; Donald Bruce, Karie Barbour, and Angela Thacker; 2004 * [[HAveThe1996WelfareReformsAndExpansionOfTheEarnedIncomeTaxCreditEliminatedTheNeedForABasicIncomeGuaranteeInTheUS|Have the 1996 Welfare Reforms and Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit Eliminated the Need for a Basic Income Guarantee in the US?]], James B. Bryan, 2005 * [[MeasuringStateWelfarePolicyChanges|Measuring State Welfare Policy Changes: Why Don’t They Explain Caseload and Employment Outcomes?]]; Brian Cadena, Sheldon Danziger, and Kristin Seefeldt; 2006 * [[WhyIsThereASpikeInTheJobFindingRateAtBenefitExhaustion|Why is there a Spike in the Job Finding Rate at Benefit Exhaustion?]], Jan Boone and Jan C. van Ours, 2009 * [[WhyDoLargerPublicHousingAgenciesHaveLongerWaitTimes|Why Do Larger Public Housing Agencies Have Longer Wait Times? Understanding Applicant Duration on the Waitlist]], Marika Melelani Butler, 2010 * [[PublicAndSubsidizedHousingAsAPlatformForBecomingAUnitedStatesCitizen|Public and Subsidized Housing as a Platform for Becoming a United States Citizen]]; John I. Carruthers, Natasha T. Duncan, and Brigitte S. Waldorf; 2013 * [[TheImpactOfStatePaidLeaveLawsOnFirmsAndEstablishments|The Impact of State Paid Leave Laws on Firms and Establishments: Evidence from the First Three States]]; Kristin F. Butcher, Deniz Civril, and Sari Pekkala Kerr; 2024 * [[ThePublicChargeRuleAndProgramParticipationAmongUSCitizens|The Public Charge Rule and Program Participation among U.S. Citizens]]; Kristin F. Butcher, Luojia Hu, and Ryan Perry; 2024 ---- CategoryRicottone