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 Vice President & Director for Research

• Benus J. and Michaelides M. (2011). Are Self-Employment Training Programs Effective? Evidence from Project GATE. Revised and Resubmitted, Journal of Human Resources.
• Benus, J., Shen, T., Zhang, S., Chan, M., and Hansen, B. "Growing America Through Entrepreneurship: Final Evaluation of Project GATE." Report prepared for the the U.S. Department of Labor, December 2009.
• Benus, J., “Where Could the Next Google Come From: Entrepreneurial Training as a Reemployment Solution,” Reemployment Works! Summit, Baltimore, MD, January 2009.
• Benus J. and Michaelides M. (2009). Gender Differences in Self-Employment Training Outcomes. IMPAQ International, Paper Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington DC.

Dr. David Baker – Vice President, Health Practice Research  

• Baker, D.P. & Gallo, J.R. (in press). Measuring and diagnosing team performance. In E. Salas, K. Frush, D. Baker, J. Battles, H. King., R. Wears (Eds). Improving patient safety through teamwork and team training.
• Baker, D., Salas, E., Battles, J. & King, H. (in press). The relation between teamwork and patient safety. In P. Carayon (Ed). Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Coleman, N, Slonim, A, Baker, DP, & Gallo, JR (in press). Critical Outcomes: Clinical and Team Performance across Acute Illness Scenarios in Emergency Departments of Critical Access Hospitals. Journal for Healthcare Quality.
• Amodeo, A. M., Kurtessis, J., Bhupatkar, A., Baker, D. P., & Gallo, J. (2011). Is there a Big 5 of teamwork?  An empirical test. Poster to be presented at the 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
• Baker, D.P. (2011, Panelist). The Golden Gate: Building Bridges Between Research and Operations. Panel to be presented at the 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
• Baker, D.P. (2011, Panelist). Stay or Go: Value of a Master’s in Applied Settings. Panel to be presented at the 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
• Baker, D. P., Capella, J., Gallo, J., Hawkes, C. (2011). Development of the Trauma Team Performance Observation Tool. Poster to be presented at the 26th Annual Conference for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.
• Baker, D., Amodeo, A., Krokos, K., Slonim, A., & Herrera, H. (2010). Assessing Teamwork Attitudes in Healthcare: Development of the TeamSTEPPS Teamwork Attitudes Questionnaire. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 1-4.
• Capella, J. Smith, S., Philp, A., Putnam, T., Gilbert, C., Fry, W., Harvey, E., Wright, A., Henderson, K., Baker, D. Ranson, S., & ReMine, S (2010). Team training improves clinical care of trauma patients. Journal of Surgical Education, 67, 439-443.

Dr. Norma Gavin—Vice President, Health Policy Research

• Gavin, N.I.  Building Sustainable Improvements in Neonatal Outcomes. Presented at the RTI Fellow Seminar Series, Washington, DC, April 2009.

Mr. Ted Shen—Senior Research Associate

• Benus, J., Shen, T., Zhang, S., Chan, M., and Hansen, B. "Growing America Through Entrepreneurship: Final Evaluation of Project GATE." Report prepared for the the U.S. Department of Labor, December 2009.

Dr. Peter Mueser—Senior Research Associate

• 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.

Dr. Oswaldo Urdapilleta—Director, Health Policy Research

• Urdapilleta, O., Wang, Y., Varghese, R., Kim, G., Busam, S., and Palmisano, C. (2010). “Institution or Community: Can Home and Community Based Services Help Maintain or Improve Children’s Mental and Functional Health?” AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM). June, 2011 (forthcoming). Seattle, WA
• Urdapilleta, O., Wang, Y., Varghese, R., Kim, G., Busam, S., and Palmisano, C. (2010). “Are Home- and Community-Based Services Effective in Maintaining or Improving Children’s Behavioral and Functional Health?”  From Disparities Research to Disparities Interventions: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Future of Behavioral Health Services (The 3rd Annual Conference). April 2011. Arlington, VA
• Jimenez, Justine, and O. Urdapilleta. “Voluntary Disenrollment form Medicare Part C & Part D Plans:  Variation Across Plan Types and Beneficiary Profiles.” Presented at American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO, November, 2010
• 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—Senior Research Associate

• Michaelides, M. (2011). “The Effect of Local Ties, Wages, and Housing Costs on Migration Decisions.” Paper Submitted to the Journal of Socio-Economics.
• Michaelides M. (2011). “The Role of Local Ties, Wages, and Housing Costs in Individual Migration Decisions”. Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 132-140.
• Michaelides M. (2010). “Labor Market Oligopsonistic Competition: The Effect of Worker Immobility on Wages”.  Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 230-239.
• Michaelides M. (2010). “A New Test of Compensating Differences: The Importance of Unobserved Heterogeneity”. Journal of Sports Economics, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 475-495.
• Michaelides M. and Mueser P. (2010). “The Role of Industry and Occupation in U.S. Unemployment Differentials by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity”. Revise and Resubmit, Eastern Economic Journal.
• Michaelides M. and Mueser P. (2010). “Changes in the Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Recipients”. Revise and Resubmit, Monthly Labor Review.
• Michaelides M. (2010). “Race and Self-Employment: The Role of Training Programs, Self-Employment Background, and Access to Financing”. MPRA Paper 20884.
• Michaelides M. (2010). “Repeat Use of Unemployment Insurance. IMPAQ International, Paper Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington DC.
• Michaelides M., Zhang S., and Chan M. (2010).  “Who Receives Unemployment Insurance?” 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 Mueser P. (2009). “Unemployment in the New Economy: The Interaction of Gender, Occupation, and Industry”. Working Paper, IMPAQ International.
• 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.

Dr. Ying Wang—Senior Research Associate

• Wang, Y.; Dodkowitz, A.; Fuda, K. and Shoemaker, S. Stakeholder Engagement Practices Learned from International Comparative Effectiveness Research Agencies. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM). June, 2011 (forthcoming). Seattle, WA
• 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.

Dr. Gongmei  Yu—Statistician

• 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.
• Yu, G. Schwartz, Z. & Walsh, E. J. (2010) Climate change and tourism seasonality. Journal of Tourism, XI (2), 51-65.
• Yu, G. Schwartz, Z., & Walsh, E. J. (2009) Effects of climate change on the seasonality of weather for tourism in Alaska. Arctic, 64(4), 443-457. 

Dr. Sally Turbyville—Research Associate

• Turbyville, S., Saunders, R., Tirodkar, M., Scholle, S, and Pawlson, G. (2011) Classification of health plans based on relative resource use and quality of care. The American Journal of Managed Care, 17(8), e301-e309.