The official feed for the Center for Policy Research (CPR) at @MaxwellSU of @SyracuseU. We conduct a range of interdisciplinary research on public policy. 🍊

Syracuse, NY
Joined August 2012
23 states now have waivers restricting what SNAP participants can buy. Evaluating the fallout means tracking impacts on participants, retailers, and program administrators, not just diets. @MaxwellSU #CPR Learn more: surface.syr.edu/record/21394
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“The danger for the U.S. is a slow erosion of its appeal to attract talent that compounds over decades. By the time the effect shows up in the data, it is hard to reverse” says CPR Senior Research Associate Yingyi Ma in @nytimes. Learn more: nytimes.com/2026/10/06/scien…
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"The Mundlak Estimator in a Panel Data Model with Serially Correlated Error Component Disturbances" by Badi H. Baltagi and Long Liu was added to the CPR Working Paper Series! Read the paper: surface.syr.edu/cpr/535/
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Platinum-rated nonprofits receive 34% more in donations than unrated ones, even though GuideStar seals are not based on verified performance. Many donors rely on rating hierarchies as mental shortcuts, not performance signals. @MaxwellSU Learn more: surface.syr.edu/cpr/536/
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Household earnings drop ~13% in the year after childbirth. Safety net programs can offset those losses but deliver almost nothing during pregnancy or right after birth, when families need help most. Learn more in this new @MaxwellSU #CPR policy brief: surface.syr.edu/cpr/534/
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Join us on Thurs, 9/17 at 3:30pm for the 38th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy! At this year's lecture, Gary Taubes will discuss diet, disease, scientific controversy, and the limits of what health science can claim to know. RSVP: maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen…
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Shale boom communities took on 26% more municipal debt than their peers. As the energy transition unfolds, that debt could become a long-term burden for the residents who stay. Learn more in this new @MaxwellSU #CPR policy brief: surface.syr.edu/cpr/530/
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Sociologist Gabriela Kirk-Werner has been named a 2026-27 visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, a highly selective social science fellowship program. She examines how alternatives to incarceration shape the lives of the people assigned to them. bit.ly/4x3P0Fp
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Hurricane Harvey led to a 1.5% decline in assessed property values in Harris County, TX, averaging $4,927 per property and a $2.6 billion reduction in the local tax base. Learn more in this new study co-authored by Yilin Hou: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2026.1… @MaxwellSU
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“It’s not good for Americans that there is an outbreak of an infectious disease that we’re not boots-on-the-ground going to because it makes us less safe,” says CPR Senior Research Associate David Larsen in @RollingStone. @MaxwellSU rollingstone.com/culture/cul…
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Via @TIME: “An opening chapter of an AI cold war is emerging,” Professor of Sociology Yingyi Ma wrote in a @BrookingsInst piece ahead of the Trump-XI summit. @CPRMaxwell bit.ly/4uPP2Pk
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Congratulations to CPR Research Affiliate Ethan Coffel, who received the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research! This award is the school's highest honor for untenured faculty. Learn more: maxwell.syr.edu/news/article…
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Wrapping up #PAA2026! Today at 11:30am, CPR's Iliya Gutin and Colleen Heflin will be participating in the session "State Policies and Demographic Outcomes." Gutin will serve as session chair and Heflin will be presenting her work. @MaxwellSU @PopAssocAmerica
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More from #PAA2026! @jennkarasmontez, Iliya Gutin, and @smonnat are presenting their work, "U.S. State Policy Index for Population Health Analyses" this morning. Check out their session! @MaxwellSU @PopAssocAmerica
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Today at #PAA2026! CPR Research Affiliate Emily Wiemers and CPR Senior Research Associate Colleen Heflin will be presenting their work on frontline worker time use and food insecurity among older adults. Check out their sessions below! @MaxwellSU @PopAssocAmerica
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“Large state drops in SNAP caseloads represent a fundamental restructuring of the food-assistance safety net. We should expect to see a surge in food insecurity and its related negative consequences at new levels,” says Prof. Colleen Heflin. @CPRMaxwell on.wsj.com/4dpuvvb
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