Maxwell School News and Commentary
Local Influence
The new mayor, Ben Walsh '05 M.P.A., highlights the number of alumni in Syracuse city and Onondaga County government.
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The Investor
Gerry Cramer was the perfect friend of the Maxwell School - generous, visionary, and ultimately trusting. Cramer passed away on February 13, 2018.
See related: Centennial, Giving, In Memoriam
Shi paper on the puzzle of missing female engineers published in Economics of Education Review
See related: Education, Gender and Sex
Hamersma and Lopoo paper on pregnancy Medicaid expansions and fertility published in PR&PR
Hamersma research on parental Medicaid expansions published in Contemporary Economic Policy
Engelhardt research cited in Fiscal Times article on Social Security
Gary Engelhardt, professor of economics, and his co-authors found that the introduction of the early retirement option lowered the average age of those claiming Social Security by about a year and a half and lowered Social Security income by an average of 1.5 percent for male-headed retired households.
Lovely discusses US-China trade war in Forbes, Christian Science Monitor, Financial Times, IBD
U.S. tariffs will “drive up costs for U.S.-based manufacturers and disadvantage American workers competing in global markets,” due to the additional costs they will inject into the supply chain, according to Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
Hamersma study on parental Medicaid expansions and children's health insurance published in CEP
See related: Insurance