News News Profile Research In the News Admissions Blog Newsletters NewsProfileResearchIn the NewsConfronting COVID-19Black History Month#PolicyForwardSummer of Social ImpactResearchNew Research Finds Workplace Wellness Programs Deliver Little to No ImpactFebruary 02, 2018NewsAssoc. Prof. Damon Jones and co-authors have found that, after one year, the impact of popular workplace wellness programs is negligible.Hydraulic Fracturing Decreases Infant Health, Study FindsDecember 13, 2017ResearchProf. Michael Greenstone and co-authors finds infants born within about 2 miles of a fracking site are more likely to be classified as low birth weight, but there is no evidence of compromised infant health at further distances.Research Shows Uninsured Do Not Use Emergency Rooms More than Other Patients – They Use Other Care Less December 04, 2017Research New study from Harris Public Policy Dean Katherine Baicker and co-authors refutes a popular misperception about emergency department use Medicaid Expansion Increases the Use of Prescription Medications Among the Poor December 04, 2017ResearchHarris Dean Katherine Baicker finds new evidence from Oregon’s 2008 Medicaid expansion experiment that coverage increased use of medications for chronic health conditions and effectively eliminated the use of medications prescribed to othersHow a Misunderstood Policy Discourages Senior Citizens from Working LongerDecember 04, 2017ResearchResearch from Assoc. Prof. Damon Jones finds new evidence that the social security earnings test is pushing people out of the workforce prematurely.Money Talks: How Industry is Influencing the Legislative AgendaOctober 11, 2017ResearchEvery year companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on elections in the United States. Yet studies of roll-call votes have shown that donations to specific office holders do not regularly yield the votes donors want. So why do industries continue?PaginationPrevious page‹ Page 19 Next page ›