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The UMBC School of Public Policy includes the master of public policy (MPP) and PhD degree programs, and the Maryland Institute for Public Policy and Analysis Research (MIPAR). Established after four decades of sustained growth, the School consists of nine full-time faculty, more than 30 affiliated faculty from the departments of economics, sociology, political science, and policy analysis. MIPAR, with $23 million in active research grants, links the analytical resources of the University with policymakers in the state and region, conducting opinion research, policy analyses, and program evaluations on a variety of topics. MIPAR activities are supported by federal, state, and local governmental agencies, foundations, and corporations.
Recent Submissions
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Behavioral Economics and Energy-efficiency Regulation
(Network, 2016-06)In the US and around the world, ‘energy-efficiency’ is playing an ever greater role in debates regarding how to regulate energy use, particularly electricity use. The US Congress in recent years passed a law to ban the use ... -
Consumer’s Guide to Regulatory Impact Analysis: Ten Tips for Being an Informed Policymaker
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-07-27)Regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) weigh the benefits of regulations against the burdens they impose and are invaluable tools for informing decision makers. We offer 10 tips for nonspecialist policymakers and interested ... -
Should Antitrust Go Beyond “Antitrust”
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Generating the Benefits of Competition: Challenges and Opportunities in Opening Electricity Markets
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The Supply Chain and Industrial Organization of Rare Earth Materials: Implications for the U.S. Wind Energy Sector
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Best Practices for A Novel EMS-Based Naloxone Leave Behind Program
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-05-18)Background: Increasing naloxone access has been identified as a primary strategy to reduce opioid overdose deaths. To supplement community naloxone training and distribution access points, EMS systems have instituted public ... -
When the Walls Come Down: Evidence on Charter Schools’ Ability to Keep Their Best Teachers Without Unions and Certification Rules
(2020-03-09)Theories of market-based school reform suggest that teacher labor markets may be inefficient, and perhaps inequitable, because union contracts, tenure protections, and government regulation limit school autonomy over hiring, ... -
The urban effects of the emerging middle class in the global south
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-01-17)This article explores the implications of a growing middle‐income population on the cities of the global South. The emergence of this group, situated between the poor and the very rich, long the standard binary categorization ... -
We Vote, We Count: The Need for Congressional Action to Secure the Right to Vote for All Citizens
The United States has historically limited access to the ballot and enacted laws that disenfranchised people of color. Paradoxically, the country was founded as a democracy, yet forces have constantly sought to suppress ... -
How Affirmative Action Context Shapes Collegiate Outcomes at America ’s Selective Colleges and Universities
(York University, 2019)During the 1990s and early 2000s, the affirmative action context in the United States changed. Affirmative action in higher education was banned in several states, and the Supreme Court ruled in Grutter (2003) that affirmative ... -
Legal Mobilization and Climate Change: The Role of Law in Wicked Problems
(Onatie International Institute for the Sociology of Law, 2019-07-24)Climate change is a wicked problem, a framework not often used in sociolegal studies. The problem is complex, not readily named, and not limited to one jurisdiction. Therefore, the places of law are multiple: human rights ... -
Early Elementary Science Instruction: Does More Time on Science or Science Topics/Skills Predict Science Achievement in the Early Grades?
(SAGE Journals, 2019-07-01)Recent evidence points to the early elementary grades as a pivotal point for the development of science learning trajectories and achievement gaps. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, this study estimates ... -
A Fragile Hold on Consumption: Consumption and the New Middle Class in Colombia
(CCSE, 2019-08-16)This paper explores consumption patterns, access to banking services, attitudes to government and aspirations of the growing and vulnerable middle class in the global South. Data comes from a population survey conducted ... -
A comparative effective examination of asthma treatments
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Mental Health Policy and FDA Warnings
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Part D Utilization Management Barriers for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
(2015-06-15)Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 13 through June 15 in Minneapolis. Senior Research Analyst Michael T. Abrams, MPH, presented this poster at an ARM ... -
Disparities in Access to and Effectiveness of Evidence-based Supported employment for Persons with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD): Evidence from a State-wide Policy Intervention
(The Hilltop Institute, 2015-04-20)New results generated by a team of UMBC researchers (from The Hilltop Institute, the Department of Public Policy, and MIPAR) recently revealed that persons with serious mental illness (SMI) who also have co-occurring ... -
Controlling Hospital and Health Care Spending in Maryland in the Era of Budget Caps
(2014-12-05)Maryland runs the only all payer hospital payment system in the country. Under this system, the federal government allows a statewide commission, the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) to regulate hospital ... -
A Look Ahead: the Next 20 Years in Federal and State Health Policy
(2014-10-23)The Hilltop Institute celebrated 20 years of service at a special event held on the UMBC campus on October 23, 2014. The event included a program titled A Look Ahead: the Next 20 Years in Federal and State Health Policy ...
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