Papers & Presentations

IMPAQ staff members are encouraged and supported by the firm to present and publish research papers on their own research or on studies that have been performed for our clients.  Below are some recent examples of papers published or presented at professional meetings by IMPAQ staff members.

Dr. Jacob Benus—Executive Director for Research

• Benus, J., “Where Could the Next Google Come From:  Entrepreneurial Training as a Reemployment Solution,” Reemployment Works! Summit, Baltimore, MD, January 2009.
• Benus, J., “Reexaming Worker Profiling Methods,” Thirtieth Annual APPAM Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Los Angeles, CA, November 2008.
• Benus, J., and Simonetta, J. “Growing America Through Entrepreneurship,” Workforce Innovations 2008:  Success Decoded Conference, New Orleans, LA, July 2008.
• Benus, J., “Diagnostics and Tools: Monitoring and Evaluation,” Labor Market Policy Core Course (Sponsored by the World Bank), Washington, DC, April 2008.
• Benus, J., “Project GATE: Final Findings,” Entrepreneurship Day (Sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor), Washington, DC, June 2007.
• Benus, J., “Reemployment Eligibility Assessment Study,” Region I – Employment and Training Administration Reemployment Conference, Albany, NY, June 2007.

Dr. Norma Gavin—Vice President for Healthcare Research

• Gavin, N.I.  Building Sustainable Improvements in Neonatal Outcomes. Presented at the RTI Fellow Seminar Series, Washington, DC, April 2009.
• Adams, E. K., Gavin, N. I., Ayadi, M. F., Colley Gilbert, B., & Raskind-Hood, C. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and pre-pregnancy coverage of teen mothers. Medical Care. 2008; 46(10): 1071–1078.
• Kuo, T., Gavin, N. I., Adams, E. K., & Ayadi, M. F. Racial disparities in Medicaid enrollment and prenatal care initiation among pregnant teens in Florida and Georgia: Comparisons between 1995 and 2001. Medical Care. 2008; 46(10): 1079–1085.
• Gavin, N. I., Kluckman, M. N., Kuo, T., & Taylor-Zapata P. Trends and current status in blood pressure measurements among children aged 2 to 17 years found in a nationwide sample of electronic medical records, 2000-2006. Presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC, June 2008.
• Gavin, N. I., Kuo, T., Irwin, D. E., Emrich, S. L., Hayden, D. R., & Lasater B. M. Health service resource use for childhood autism and autism spectrum disorders. Presented at the Child Health Services Research Meeting, Orlando, FL, June 2007.
• Gavin, N. I., Adams, E. K., Manning, W. G., & Raskind-Hood, C. The impact of welfare reform on insurance coverage before pregnancy and the timing of prenatal care initiation. Health Services Research. 2007; 42(4): 1564–1588.

Dr. Peter Mueser—Senior Research Associate

• Heinrich, Carolyn J., Peter R. Mueser and Kenneth R. Troske.  2008.  “Workforce Investment Act Non-Experimental Net Impact Evaluation.”  Final Report, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, ETAOP 2009-10, December. 
• Mueser, P., discussant for the “The Future of the Unemployment Insurance Program,” Thirtieth Annual APPAM Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Los Angeles, CA, November 2008.
• Mueser, P. & Stevens, D. “Anatomy of a One-Stop Career Center: Study of Process and Function in Three One-Stop Career Centers,” Thirtieth Annual APPAM Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Los Angeles, CA, November 2008.
• Mueser, P., “Using Matching Methods to Evaluate the Workforce Investment Act,” presented at Temple University, October, 2008.
• Mueser, P., Stevens, D., & Troske, K. "The Impact of Welfare Reform on Leaver Characteristics, Employment and Recidivism: An Analysis of Maryland and Missouri," in Welfare Reform and its Long-Term Consequences for America's Poor, James P. Ziliak (ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
• Heinrich, C., Mueser, P., & Troske, K. “The Role of Temporary Help Employment in Low-wage Worker Advancement.”  In Labor Market Intermediaries, edited by D. Autor. Cambridge, Massachussetts:  National Bureau of Economic Research, forthcoming.
• Mueser, P., Troske, K., & Gorislavsky, A. “Using State Administrative Data to Measure Program Performance,” Review of Economics and Statistics, November 2007.

Dr. Oswaldo Urdapilleta—Senior Research Associate

• Urdapilleta, O.  “Impact of a Multi-State HCBS Waiver on Children’s Functional Status,”  23rd Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference, Tampa, FL, March 2010.
• Urdapilleta, O.  Panelist for “Balancing Long Term Care Reform,” 2009 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – Money Follows the Person Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2009.

Dr. Marios Michaelides—Research Associate

• Michaelides, M. (2009). “Labor Market Oligopsonistic Competition: The Effect of Worker Immobility on Wages.”  Forthcoming: Labour Economics.
• Michaelides, M. and Mueser P. (2009), “Recent Changes in the Characteristics of Unemployed Workers.” ETA Occasional Papers, 2009-13, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Washington, DC.
• Michaelides, M. (2009). “A New Test of Compensating Differences: The Importance of Unobserved Heterogeneity.” Forthcoming: Journal of Sports Economics.
• Michaelides, M. (2009). “The Role of Local Ties, Wages, and Housing Costs in Individual Migration Decisions.” Under review.
• Michaelides, M. and Benus J. (2009). “Gender Differences in Self-Employment Training Outcomes.” IMPAQ International, Paper Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington DC.
• Michaelides, M. and Benus J. (2009). “Self-Employment Training and Race.” IMPAQ International, Paper Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington DC.
• Michaelides, M. and Benus J. (2009). “Self-Employment for the Unemployed?” IMPAQ International, Paper Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington DC.
• Michaelides, M. and Nichols, D. (2009). “The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Rules on Program Costs.” Working Paper, IMPAQ International.
• Michaelides, M. and Benus, J. (2009). “Exhaustion and Repeat Use of Unemployment Insurance.” Working Paper, IMPAQ International.
• Michaelides, M. and Mueser P. (2009). “Unemployment in the New Economy: The Interaction of Gender, Occupation, and Industry.” Working Paper, IMPAQ International.
• Michaelides, M. (2008). “Repeat Use of Unemployment Insurance.” IMPAQ International, Paper Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington DC.
• Michaelides, M. and Benus, J. (2008). “Reexamining Worker Profiling Models,” IMPAQ International, Paper Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC.

Dr. Donald Nichols—Research Associate

• Nichols, D. “Duration Eligibility and Potential Unemployment Insurance Benefits,” Thirtieth Annual APPAM Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Los Angeles, CA, November 2008.

Dr. Ying Wang—Research Associate

• Wang, Y.  “Part D Plan Ratings: Mixed Methods to Evaluate Part D Organization's Performance and Promote Quality Improvement,” American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
• Wang, Y.  Composite Score Methods to Evaluate Part D Organization's Performance over multiple Measures,” American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
• Wang, Y.  “Community-Based Alternative to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities: Early Evidence of Mississippi's MYPAC Program Effect,” American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
• Wang, Y., Marcotte, D.E., “An Empty Nest Egg? Caring for Grandchildren and Wealth and Retirement," Private Accounts, and Retirement Savings over the Life Course Conference by Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Sponsored by the National Institute of Aging, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 20-21, 2008.
• Wang, Y. & Marcotte, D.E. “Golden Years? The Labor Market Effects of Caring for Grandchildren,” Journal of Marriage and Family,” December 2007, pp 1283-1296.

Dr. Ben Hansen—Research Associate

• Hansen, B. “Time for School” forthcoming in Education Next.
• Hansen, B. “School Year Length and Student Performance: Quasi-Experimental Evidence,”  Revise and resubmit at The Economics of Education Review.
• Hansen, B., “Life and Death in the Fast Lane: Police Enforcement and Roadway Safety,” Revise and resubmit at The Review of Economics and Statistics.
• Hansen, B., “The Monday Effect in Workers’ Compensation : Evidence from the CA Reforms”, AEA/ASSA Annual Meetings Atlanta, scheduled January 2010; SEA Annual Meetings San Antonio, scheduled November 2009; Society of Labor Economic s Annual Meetings, Boston May 2009; and All UC Labor Conference, UCLA September 2008.
• Hansen, B. “Life and Death in the Fast Lane: Police Enforcement and Roadway Safety,” AEA/ASSA Annual Meetings, San Francisco, January 2009; APPAM Annual Meetings, Los Angeles, November 2009; and WEAI Annual Meetings, Honolulu, July 2008.
  

Mr. Mark Boward—Senior Research Analyst

• Fournier, E. & Boward, M.D. “Apples to Oranges? Challenges to Comparing Functional Status as Assessed in Community and Residential Settings,” Presented at the 5th Annual CANS conference, Nashville, Tennessee, September 2008.
 

Dr. Gongmei  Yu—Research Analyst

• Yu, G. Schwartz, Z., & Walsh, E. J.,(2009) “Towards predicting the impact of climate change on tourism: A weather-resolving tourism climate index,” Climatic Change, 95(3), 551-573.

Ms. Leanne Clark—Research Analyst

• Clark, L., Eckert, J., and Roth, E., “Rules, regulations, and quality in Assisted Living,” Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 2009, Atlanta, GA.
• Rubinstein, R. and Clark, L., “Ethics and environment in long-term care,” Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 2009, Atlanta, GA.