Commentary
Social Policy

Geographic impacts on policy effectiveness: assessing place-based programs through MVPFs

Programs aimed at helping individuals escape poverty can only do so much. We also need to consider poor areas, given that only some are willing or able to move to affluent areas.

July 15, 2024 • Matt Darling
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Studies
Social Policy

Evaluating economic policies with geographic MVPFs: Insights and implications for future research

Economists have typically been critical of place-based policies (PBPs), preferring to provide economic support to people directly.

July 15, 2024 • Matt Darling
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Podcasts

How think tanks drive polarization and policy

Democrats and Republicans rely on partisan think tanks for policy proposals, along with the numbers and findings that justify them.

July 10, 2024 • Matt Grossmann
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Geographic impacts on policy effectiveness: assessing place-based programs through MVPFs
By Matt Darling
Evaluating economic policies with geographic MVPFs: Insights and implications for future research
By Matt Darling
How think tanks drive polarization and policy
By Matt Grossmann