Research Database

IPPSR is MSU’s new hub for public policy information and research. Search our summaries of scientific research with implications for public policy by inputting keywords in the search box above or browse the pages below for pertinent research.

Improving Low Performing High Schools: Searching for Evidence of Promise
Steve Fleischman , Jessica Heppen :
Teacher Retirement Benefits: Even in Economically Tough Times, Costs are Higher Than Ever
Robert Costrell, Michael Podgursky :
Impact Evaluation of the 
U.S. Department of Educations Student Mentoring Program

National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance :
The Disproportionate Impact of Voter ID Requirements on the Electorate: New Evidence from Indiana
Matt A. Barreto, Stephen A. Nuño, Gabriel R. Sanchez :
Education Debt Burden and Career Choice: Evidence from a Financial Aid Experiment at NYU Law School
Erica Field :
Self-efficacy intervention, job attitudes, and turnover: A field experiment with employees in role transition
D. Brian McNatt , Timothy A. Judge :
The Long-Term Effects of a Peer-Led Sex Education Programme (RIPPLE): A Cluster Randomised Trial in Schools in England
Judith Stephenson, Vicki Strange, Elizabeth Allen, Andrew Copas, Anne Johnson, Chris Bonell, Abdel Babiker, Ann Oakley :
Peer Effects and Alcohol Use among College Students
Michael Kremer, Dan Levy :
Compilation of Public Opinion Data on Tolls and Road Pricing: A Synthesis of Highway Practice
Johanna Zmud, Carlos Arce :
The Study of Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE): A Randomized Evaluation of the Effectiveness
of School based Mentoring
Michael J. Karcher :
Measuring Site-level Success in Brownfield Redevelopments: A Focus on Sustainability and Green Building
G. Christopher Wedding, Douglas Crawford-Brown :
Healthy Waters Strong Economy, The benefits of Restoring the Great Lakes Systems
John Austin, Soren Anderson, Paul Courant, Robert Litan :
Government and Market Pathologies of Privatization: The Case of Prison Privatization
John C. Morris :
The Truth About Voter Fraud
Justin Levitt :
Missing the Mark: Welfare Reform and Rural Poverty
Lisa R. Pruitt :
Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects
Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence F. Katz :
Saving Incentives For Low and Middle-Income Families: Evidence From a Field Experiment With H&R Block
Esther Duflo, William Gale, Jeffery Liebman, Peter Orzag, Emmanuel Saez

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The Rural Side of the Urban Rural Gap
James G. Gimpel, Kimberly A. Karns :
The Impact of Screening and Advice on Inattentive, Hyperactive and Impulsive Children
Peter Tymms, Christine Merrell :
Implementing Tax Abatements in Michigan: A Study of Best Practices
Gary Sands, Laura Reese, Heather Khan :