Maxwell School News and Faculty Media, Opinion and Analysis

Monnat paper on opioid-related mortality in rural America published in Int Journal of Drug Policy

Khary K. Rigga, Shannon M. Monnat & Melody N. Chavez

June 30, 2018

See related: Addiction, Health Policy, Longevity, United States

Andrew Cohen discusses tariffs, Great Depression in PolitiFact

Andrew Wender Cohen, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History, was quoted in the PolitiFact article "Is protectionism a big part of the Great Depression, as Ben Sasse said?" "Economists today debate the tariffs’ effect on the Great Depression -- some feel it substantially worsened the downturn, while others think its negative effect was small," says Cohen. 06/01/1

June 1, 2018

See related: Trade, United States

Karas Montez study on education–mortality association published in Biodemography and Social Biology

Jennifer Karas Montez & Isaac Sasson

May 10, 2018

See related: Education, Longevity, United States

Andrew Cohen featured in PBS documentary on history of NYS police

December 4, 2017

See related: New York State, State & Local

Monnat article on teaching to the opioid epidemic published in Medical Teacher

Daniel R. George, Shannon M. Monnat, Rachel Levine, Barbara Blatt & Jed D. Gonzalo

May 31, 2017

Burman analysis of House GOP tax plan in Columbia Journal of Tax Law

"An Analysis of the House GOP Tax Plan," co-authored by Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, examines the House GOP tax reform blueprint, which would significantly reduce marginal tax rates, increase standard deduction amounts, repeal personal exemptions and most itemized deductions, and convert business taxation into a destination-based cash flow consumption tax.

April 25, 2017

See related: Taxation, United States

Monnat study on physical health consequences of adverse childhood experiences published in TSQ

Shannon M. Monnat & Raeven Faye Chandler

November 27, 2016

WP 198 Retention Heterogeneity in New York City Schools

Douglas Almond, Ajin Lee & Amy Ellen Schwartz

Using regression discontinuity methods, the authors find that female students are 25% more likely to be retained in their grade due to exam failure than boys.

October 31, 2016

See related: New York State