JPAM's Closer Look Episode 42: Code Louisville: Evaluating a Job Training Program
Join our host, Seth Gershenson, as he talks to Drs. Chris Bollinger and Ken Troske of the University of Kentucky discuss their evaluation of the Code Louisville job training program.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 41: Deterring Crime in New York
Join our host, Seth Gershenson, as he talks to Dr. Michael LaForest-Tucker of George Washington University about his research on a crime-deterrence intervention for parolees in New York.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 40: The Teacher Academy of Maryland: A Grow-Your-Own (GYO) Teacher Program
Host Seth Gershenson speaks to his co-author, David Blazar of the University of Maryland, about their analysis of Maryland's Grow Your Own (GYO) teacher program: The Teacher Academy of Maryland.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 39: What Happened When Washington State Simplified Its Taxes on Recreational Cannabis?
Host Seth Gershenson has a blunt conversation with Dr. Caroline Weber, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Kentucky's Martin School, about the ramifications of a change in how Washington state taxes recreational cannabis.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 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.”
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 37: Effects of Center-Based Child Care on Disadvantaged Children
Join our Host Seth Gershenson as he speaks to Chris Herbst, Professor of Public Affairs at Arizona State University, about an experimental evaluation of the Comprehensive Child Development Program.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 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.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 35: How Do Teachers Improve Early in their Career?
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.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 34: Effects of Drinking Water Contamination on Birth Outcomes
Seth Gershenson 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.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 33: Equity Implications of Property Tax Reassessments
Seth Gershenson he speaks to Professor David Schwegman about the equity implications of a change to Philadelphia's Property Tax Reassessment policies.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 32: Recycling Habits and Policy in New York City
Seth Gershenson 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.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 31: The Long Lasting Consequences of School Shootings
Seth Gershenson speaks to Professor Robin McKnight of Wellesley College about long-lasting and widespread consequences of school shootings.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 30: Evictions and Psychiatric Treatment
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.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 29: Should the Public Fund Professional Sports Stadiums?
Seth Gershenson talks to JC Bradbury of Kennesaw State University about the economics and politics of public funding for professional sports stadiums.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 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.
JPAM's Closer Look Episode 27: The Thin Blue Line in Schools
Seth Gershenson talks with Lucy C. Sorensen and Shawn D. Bushway, SUNY Albany & Rand, about police in schools.
JPAM’s Closer Look Episode 26: Infant Safe Havens
Dr. Lindsey Bullinger, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, talks about Infant Safe Havens.