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JPAM’s Closer Look is a deep-dive discussion with Journal of Policy Analysis & Management (JPAM) authors who are researching some of the top issues facing our country today. To date, we have released 12 episodes, which can be accessed at https://jpamscloserlook.podbean.com.

Articles

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Local labor market effects of nuclear power plants

Duha T. Altindag, Reem El Cheikh Taha, Jennifer U. Jones, R. Alan Seals, 
  •  8 July 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Evaluation of a new job training program: Code Louisville

Christopher R. Bollinger, Kenneth R. Troske, 
  •  3 July 2025
BOOK REVIEW

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle. HarperOne, 2024, 352 pp., (hardback). ISBN: 9780062951711.

Kelsey Winter, 
  •  2 July 2025
CORRECTION
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Correction to “Not a border crisis, but a labor market crisis: The often overlooked “pull” factor of U.S. border crossings”

  •  29 June 2025
POLICY INSIGHTS
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Targeted Child Tax Credit: An affordable option for state governments to reduce child poverty rates

Zachary Parolin, 
  •  24 June 2025
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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

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Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference, by William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, and Donald T. Campbell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001, 623 pp., $65.56.

Robert MacCoun, 
  •  330-332
  •  4 March 2003
No abstract is available for this article.
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The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the First Two Years of the ACA Medicaid Expansions

Kosali Simon, Aparna Soni, John Cawley, 
  •  390-417
  •  16 January 2017
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Money Talks: The Environmental Impact of China's Green Credit Policy

Junxiu Sun, Feng Wang, Haitao Yin, Bing Zhang, 
  •  653-680
  •  2 April 2019
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Cherry Picking with Synthetic Controls

Bruno Ferman, Cristine Pinto, Vitor Possebom, 
  •  510-532
  •  25 March 2020
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The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers’ Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes

Maya Rossin-Slater, Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel, 
  •  224-245
  •  17 December 2012
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