Research and Impact

Working to solve the complex problems facing today’s world.

The Glenn College’s world-class faculty brings practical experience and an interdisciplinary approach to research, analysis and technical assistance. Collaborating across policy areas, and with public and private sector organizations, our work seeks to improve public governance and policymaking.

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Recent Publications

Low-Income Homeownership and the Role of State Subsidies: A Comparative Analysis of Mortgage Outcomes
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
2020

Stephanie Moulton examines the role of state subsides on low-income home mortgages. 

Are Foreclosure Spillover Effects Universal? Variation over Space and Time
2020

This study reviews the spillover effect of foreclosures on nearby housing prices over space and time employing geographically weighted regression, which allows modeled relationships to vary locally within a geographic area.

Collaborative Networks and Environmental Governance Performance: A Social Influence Model
2020

This research, published in Public Management Review, examines how collaborative networks affect the performance of individual policy actors embedded in the network.

Workforce Data (and Knowledge) Under Pressure
Employment Research Newsletter
2020

Professor Josh Hawley's work on the effect of the pandemic on public sector.

Consolidation in a Crisis: Patterns of International Collaboration in Early COVID-19 Research
PLoS One
2020

Professor Caroline Wagner seeks to understand whether a catastrophic and urgent event, such as the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerates or reverses trends in international collaboration

Data Science in the Public Interest: Improving Government Performance in the Workforce
2020

This book is about how new and underutilized types of big data sources can inform public policy decisions related to workforce development.

A Dynamic Discrete Choice Model of Reverse Mortgage Borrower Behavior
International Economic Review
2020

Stephanie Moulton examines the behavior of mortgage borrowers. 

Gender and Prosecutorial Discretion: An Empirical Assessment
Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory
2020

This study examines the role of gender in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.