The O'Neill Ph.D. Student Association (OPSA) invites you to participate in the 23rd Annual OPSA Conference, courtesy of the O'Neill School of Public and Envrionmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington.
The OPSA Annual Conference highlights some of the research of current Masters and Ph.D. students. O'Neill's doctoral students have hosted the conference since 2000.
Thursday, February 16, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
SPEA A225
Phil Stevens, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Hodge Hall 3052
Public ManagementHodge Hall 3052Chair: Tom RabovskyDiscussant: Jongmin Lee
Juwon Chung | Ambiguous sustainability goals |
Sewon Kim | Tax and Expenditure Limits and Equity in Public Education: Evidence from Indiana |
Julie Beasley | Effects of Diversity as Variety on U.S. Federal Agency Performance |
Policy AnalysisHodge Hall 3052Chair: Nikos ZirogiannisDiscussant: Madeline Yozwiak
Sungha Jo | The Distributional Effects of Hydropower Dams on Agricultural Production and Farmers' Wellbeing |
Rachel Carpenter | The Effect of Federal Housing Assistance Programs on Adolescent Risk Behaviors |
Dario Salcedo | Neighborhood Networks and Vaccine Take-Up: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic |
Public FinanceHodge Hall 3052Chair: Justin RossDiscussant: Luis Navarro
Marc Plooster | GASB pension statements and the cost of municipal debt: Does disclosure or recognition change the cost of debt? |
Lady Ikeya | Are we paying the rich through economic stimulus? |
Bahawal Shahryar | Randomized Income Tax Audit in Pakistan: An Administrative Burden or a Deterrence Tool? |
Becky Nesbit, University of Georgia
SPEA A221
(feel free to eat your lunch during the presentation)
Research Agenda Poster SessionHodge Hall 3052Chair: Becky NesbitDiscussant: Shannon Conley
Rachel Cash | Unintended Consequences of Grantmaking |
Mallory Dreyer | Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use |
Janet Jock | Gender-Specific Impacts of School Food Programs and Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Nicaragua |
Maddy Yozwiak | Exploring the intersection of the climate and electricity systems |
Public ManagementHodge Hall 3052Chair: Sean Nicholson-CrottyDiscussant: Euipyo Lee
Marylis Fantoni | Gender Representation and Pro-Women Institutions in Local Governments |
Jiaen Wu | Who do Legislators Hire? The Motivation of Political Representative in the Congress |
John Stavick | The Effect of Mandatory Furlough Programs on State Employee Turnover and Retention |
Shaun Khurana | Passing Through the Machine: Antecedents of Administrative Burden |
Policy Analysis and Public FinanceHodge Hall 3052Chair: Cydney McGuireDiscussant: Dario Salcedo Monroy
Janet Jock | The impact of old age pension eligibility on alcohol consumption: Findings from rural South Africa |
Mallory Dreyer | The Impact of Ultrasound and Waiting Period Requirements for Abortion on Demand for Over-the-Counter Contraceptives |
Wesley Zebrowski | Impacts and Drivers of Discretionary Rental Rate Adjustments in the Conservation Reserve Program |
Wooserk Park | The Effect of Opportunity Zones on Housing Prices |
Megdalynn Fisher | Public Reporting of Nursing Home Antipsychotic Use: Changes in the Reporting of Exclusionary Diagnoses? |
