Research Projects and Papers
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Current Research
Working Title |
Principal Investigator (Department) |
Sponsor |
| Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Scott Farrow (Economics) |
MacArthur Foundation |
Racial attitudes and the 2009 confirmation hearings on Sonia Sotomayor
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Tyson King-Meadows |
National Science Foundation
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Health care disparities in access and utilization among individuals with disabilities
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Nancy Miller (Public Policy) with The Hilltop Institute |
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research |
| Perceived benefits and barriers to Multiple Sclerosis aquatics program participation | Sarah Chard (Psychology) |
National Multiple Sclerosis Society |
| Young Latino Children’s Weight Changes: Examination of Individual, Family and School Factors | Claudia Galina (Language, Literacy and Culture) |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Understanding the growth in federal disability programs: who are the marginal beneficiaries, and how much do they cost? | Adele Kirk (Public Policy) |
Boston College Steven H. Sandell Grant/Social Security Administration |
| Indiana-Ohio Center for Traumatic Amputation Rehabilitation research | Seth Messenger (Sociology) |
The Ohio State University Research foundation/U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
| SMI dual eligibles and Medicare Part D impact on medication, continuity and outcomes | David Salkever (Public Policy) |
Johns Hopkins University/National Institute of Mental Health |
| Critical review of meta-analysis as applied to health care research | Judith Shinogle (Public Policy) |
Biotechnology Industry Organization |
| Working age nursing home population | Nancy Miller (Public Policy) |
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services |
| Heterogeneity and econometric cost estimates | David Salkever (Public Policy) |
National Institutes of Health |
| Evaluating a brief workplace intimate partner violence intervention in a retail environment | Judith Shinogle (Public Policy) |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Exploration of employee assistance programs’ treatment of intimate partner violence | Judith Shinogle (Public Policy) |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Data analysis of how employee assistance programs manage intimate partner violence | Judith Shinogle (Public Policy) |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
The Mental Health Treatment Study |
David Salkever (Public Policy) |
Westat Incorporated/ Social Security Administration |
Research Reports
You Can't School Mother Nature: Using Weather-Related Closings to Identify the Impact of Schooling on Performance - Dave E. Marcotte (2009)
Family Separation and Reunification as a Factor in the Educational Success of Immigrant Children - T. H. Gindling and Sara Poggio (2008)
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Maryland's Medical Child Care Centers - David Greenberg (2008)
An Analysis of the Impact of Introducing Video Lottery Terminals in Maryland – Judith Shinogle, Robert Carpenter, Scott Farrow, and Donald F. Norris (2008)
Deer and Deer Management in Howard County, Maryland – Donald F. Norris (2008)
Focusing on Success: Pathways Out of Childhood Poverty – Mandell, Marvin B, George Galster, Dave Marcotte, Hal Wolman, and Nancy Augustine (2007)
A Study of Vote Verification Technologies – Donald F. Norris, Andrew Sears and Charles Nicholas (2006)
Maryland Registered Voters' Opinions About Voting and Voting Technologies – Donald F. Norris (2006)
A new agenda for e-democrary. Forum Discussion Paper No. 4. The University of Oxford for the Oxford Internet Institute - Stephen Coleman and Donald F. Norris (2005).
Slot Machine Gambling in Maryland: An Economic Analysis – Robert Carpenter (2003)
State Parks and Natural Resource Areas in Maryland: A Survey of Public Opinion – Donald F. Norris and Royce Hanson (2003)
Participation in Local Park and Recreation Activities in Maryland: A Survey of Households in Maryland and Seven Sub-State Regions – Donald F. Norris, Royce Hanson and Stephen Coleman (2003)
Maryland Residential Consumer Survey: Views About Electricity Service and Deregulation – Donald F. Norris, Sheila Cotten, Joseph Kirchner and Laura Hudgins (2003)
The Effects of Court-Ordered Mediation in Workers’ Compensation Cases Filed in Circuit Court: Results From an Experiment Conducted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City – Marvin Mandell and A. Marshall (2002)
Is Your Local Government Plugged In? Highlights of the 2000 Electronic Government Survey – Donald F. Norris, Patricia D. Fletcher, and Stephen H. Holden (2001)
Policy Briefs
Policy Briefs are occasional papers that summarize MIPAR-sponsored research.
Family Separation and the Educational Success of Immigrant Children - T.H. Gindling and Sara Poggio (2009)
The Concerned Citizen's Guide to Slot Machine Gambling and Horse Racing in Maryland – Robert Carpenter (2007)
Addressing Maryland's Structural Deficit through Better Performance Budgeting and Priority-Setting - Roy T. Meyers (2007)
Articles
Marcotte, Dave E.and Steven W. Hemelt. 2008. "Unscheduled School Closings and Student Performance." Education Finance and Policy. 3:3, 316-338.
Galster, G., D. Marcotte, M. Mandell, H. Wolman, and N. Augustine (2007). “The Influence of Neighborhood Poverty During Childhood on Fertility, Education and Earnings Outcomes.” Housing Studies. 22(5), 723-51.
Norris, Donald F. Preliminary Report: E-Democracy and E-Participation Among Local Governments in the U.S. A research paper presented at the Symposium on E-participation and Local Democracy, Budapest: Hungary. August 3, 2006.
Norris, Donald F. 2003. “Leading Edge Information Technologies and their Adoption: Lessons from American Cities.” In G. David Garson (ed.) Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishers.
Norris, Donald F., and Charles J. Krautler. 2004. "Metropolitan Organization in Baltimore: Does Structure Make a Difference?" In Donald Phares (ed.), Metropolitan Governance without Metropolitan Government? Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co.
Presentations
H.R. 811, Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007. Testimony of Donald N. Norris before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections, March 23, 2007.
Medicaid Home and Community Based Long Term Care – Trends in the U.S. and Maryland. A briefing by Nancy A. Miller before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee, January 15, 2004.
E-Government and E-Democracy at the American Grassroots. A paper presented by Donald N. Norris at the International Conference on Public Participation and Information Technologies. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. November 10-12, 2003.
Slot Machine Gambling in Maryland. Testimony by Robert Carpenter and Donald F. Norris before the Committee on Ways and Means, Maryland House of Delegates, August 19, 2003.