John Engberg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 252316 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | John Engberg |
| NOMBRES | John |
| APELLIDO | Engberg |
| FIRMA | ENGBERG J |
| AFILIACIONES | RAND Corporation |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4212-3538 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 87 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Optimal Allocation of Seats in the Presence of Peer Effects
We model optimal treatment assignment in programs with a limited number of seats and study how the presence of peer effects impacts the optimal allocation rule. We then use data from a randomized control trial to show evidence that there are large peer effects in the context of job training for disadvantaged adults in the United States. Finally, we combine the model and the empirics to show that the program would have had a much greater impact if…
The thin blue line in schools
U.S. public school students increasingly attend schools with sworn law enforcement officers present. Yet little is known about how these school resource officers (SROs) affect school environments or student outcomes. Our study uses a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design with national school‐level data from 2014 to 2018 to estimate the impacts of SRO placement. We construct this discontinuity based on the application scores for federal schoo…
Adding Insult to Injury
Students across the United States experience high levels of contact with the police. To clarify the causal relationships of this contact with educational outcomes and the mechanisms by which such relationships arise, we estimate the effects of arrest on student engagement with school using daily attendance data. Recently arrested students missed significantly more school than did students who would be arrested later in the school year. The effect…
Can Restorative Practices Improve School Climate and Curb Suspensions? An Evaluation of the Impact of Restorative Practices in a Mid-Sized Urban School District
Restorative practices have gained buy-in among school districts, their stakeholders, and policymakers as a strategy to improve classroom and school climates and reduce suspension rates. This study of the implementation of restorative practices in Pittsburgh Public Schools represents one of the first randomized controlled trials of the effects of restorative practices on classroom and school climates and suspension rates.
How does grade configuration impact student achievement in elementary and middle school grades
Closing schools in a shrinking district
The Effects of Arkansas Master Settlement Spending on Disparities in Smoking
Objectives. We assessed the effect of Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) spending on smoking disparities in Arkansas, which distinguished itself from other states by investing all of its MSA funds in health-related programs. Methods. In 1996–2009 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we specified multivariate logistic models to examine gender and racial/ethnic disparities in smoking rates within Arkansas (a pre–post analysis) a…
The Health Consequences of Using Physical Restraints in Nursing Homes
BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line survey certification and recording system, and the area resource file were the data sources used. This data represented the period of 2004 and 2005. To control for the difference in characteristics between …
Staff Turnover and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
PURPOSE: In this work, the association between nurse aide (NA) plus licensed practical nurse (LPN) and registered nurse (RN) turnover and quality indicators in nursing homes is examined. DESIGN AND METHODS: Indicators of care quality used are the rates of physical restraint use, catheter use, contractures, pressure ulcers, psychoactive drug use, and certification survey quality of care deficiencies. In addition, we used a quality index combining …
An Ecological Study of the Location of Gang 'Set Space
Previous gang research has focused primarily on the attributes of individuals who join gangs. This ecolog-ical study of violent urban youth gangs examines the social, economic, and physical organization of places where gangs locate. Our goal is to understand those features of communities that either facilitate the formation of gangs or insulate an area from gang formation. By interviewing gang members and having them map places where they came to…
The impact of state enterprise zones on urban manufacturing establishments
Since the early 1980s, the vast majority of states have implemented enterprise zones. This paper analyzes urban zones in six states, examining the factors that states use to choose zone locations and the subsequent effect of the zones on business activity and employment. The source of outcome data is the U.S. Bureau of Census' longitudinal research database (LRD), which tracks manufacturing establishments over time. Matched sample and geographic …
An Evaluation of State Enterprise Zone Policies
Our analysis looks at the impact of state enterprise zones in six states (California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) on housing values, occupancy rates, and economic well-being of zone residents. Zones did not lead to increased housing prices or occupancy rates, nor did they positively impact income and employment
Bargaining Unit Composition and the Returns to Education and Tenure
Using data on collectively bargained outcomes in Pennsylvania schools in 1983–89, the authors find a strong relationship between the returns to education and tenure and the distribution of those attributes in the bargaining unit. For instance, the higher the median level of teacher tenure in a district, the greater was the pay gap between teachers with low and high tenure. This relationship was very strong in districts with vigorous community sup…
Pittsburgh Labor Market Adjustments in the 1980S
This research describes the distribution of changes in labor market outcomes for individuals in a region disrupted by severe economic restructuring. We use data from western Pennsylvania to compare individuals’ 1990 labor market outcomes with those they would have expected had the economic characteristics of the region remained unchanged for the previous 10 years. The comparison between these outcomes provides a measure of the cumulative effect o…
Closing schools in a shrinking district
An Ecological Study of the Location of Gang 'Set Space
Previous gang research has focused primarily on the attributes of individuals who join gangs. This ecolog-ical study of violent urban youth gangs examines the social, economic, and physical organization of places where gangs locate. Our goal is to understand those features of communities that either facilitate the formation of gangs or insulate an area from gang formation. By interviewing gang members and having them map places where they came to…
The impact of state enterprise zones on urban manufacturing establishments
Since the early 1980s, the vast majority of states have implemented enterprise zones. This paper analyzes urban zones in six states, examining the factors that states use to choose zone locations and the subsequent effect of the zones on business activity and employment. The source of outcome data is the U.S. Bureau of Census' longitudinal research database (LRD), which tracks manufacturing establishments over time. Matched sample and geographic …
Bargaining Unit Composition and the Returns to Education and Tenure
Using data on collectively bargained outcomes in Pennsylvania schools in 1983–89, the authors find a strong relationship between the returns to education and tenure and the distribution of those attributes in the bargaining unit. For instance, the higher the median level of teacher tenure in a district, the greater was the pay gap between teachers with low and high tenure. This relationship was very strong in districts with vigorous community sup…
The thin blue line in schools
U.S. public school students increasingly attend schools with sworn law enforcement officers present. Yet little is known about how these school resource officers (SROs) affect school environments or student outcomes. Our study uses a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design with national school‐level data from 2014 to 2018 to estimate the impacts of SRO placement. We construct this discontinuity based on the application scores for federal schoo…
Adding Insult to Injury
Students across the United States experience high levels of contact with the police. To clarify the causal relationships of this contact with educational outcomes and the mechanisms by which such relationships arise, we estimate the effects of arrest on student engagement with school using daily attendance data. Recently arrested students missed significantly more school than did students who would be arrested later in the school year. The effect…
An Evaluation of State Enterprise Zone Policies
Our analysis looks at the impact of state enterprise zones in six states (California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) on housing values, occupancy rates, and economic well-being of zone residents. Zones did not lead to increased housing prices or occupancy rates, nor did they positively impact income and employment
Pittsburgh Labor Market Adjustments in the 1980S
This research describes the distribution of changes in labor market outcomes for individuals in a region disrupted by severe economic restructuring. We use data from western Pennsylvania to compare individuals’ 1990 labor market outcomes with those they would have expected had the economic characteristics of the region remained unchanged for the previous 10 years. The comparison between these outcomes provides a measure of the cumulative effect o…
Bargaining Unit Composition and the Returns to Education and Tenure
Using data on collectively bargained outcomes in Pennsylvania schools in 1983–89, the authors find a strong relationship between the returns to education and tenure and the distribution of those attributes in the bargaining unit. For instance, the higher the median level of teacher tenure in a district, the greater was the pay gap between teachers with low and high tenure. This relationship was very strong in districts with vigorous community sup…
An Evaluation of State Enterprise Zone Policies
Our analysis looks at the impact of state enterprise zones in six states (California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) on housing values, occupancy rates, and economic well-being of zone residents. Zones did not lead to increased housing prices or occupancy rates, nor did they positively impact income and employment
The impact of state enterprise zones on urban manufacturing establishments
Since the early 1980s, the vast majority of states have implemented enterprise zones. This paper analyzes urban zones in six states, examining the factors that states use to choose zone locations and the subsequent effect of the zones on business activity and employment. The source of outcome data is the U.S. Bureau of Census' longitudinal research database (LRD), which tracks manufacturing establishments over time. Matched sample and geographic …
Staff Turnover and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
PURPOSE: In this work, the association between nurse aide (NA) plus licensed practical nurse (LPN) and registered nurse (RN) turnover and quality indicators in nursing homes is examined. DESIGN AND METHODS: Indicators of care quality used are the rates of physical restraint use, catheter use, contractures, pressure ulcers, psychoactive drug use, and certification survey quality of care deficiencies. In addition, we used a quality index combining …
An Ecological Study of the Location of Gang 'Set Space
Previous gang research has focused primarily on the attributes of individuals who join gangs. This ecolog-ical study of violent urban youth gangs examines the social, economic, and physical organization of places where gangs locate. Our goal is to understand those features of communities that either facilitate the formation of gangs or insulate an area from gang formation. By interviewing gang members and having them map places where they came to…
The Health Consequences of Using Physical Restraints in Nursing Homes
BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line survey certification and recording system, and the area resource file were the data sources used. This data represented the period of 2004 and 2005. To control for the difference in characteristics between …
Closing schools in a shrinking district
The Effects of Arkansas Master Settlement Spending on Disparities in Smoking
Objectives. We assessed the effect of Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) spending on smoking disparities in Arkansas, which distinguished itself from other states by investing all of its MSA funds in health-related programs. Methods. In 1996–2009 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we specified multivariate logistic models to examine gender and racial/ethnic disparities in smoking rates within Arkansas (a pre–post analysis) a…
Can Restorative Practices Improve School Climate and Curb Suspensions? An Evaluation of the Impact of Restorative Practices in a Mid-Sized Urban School District
Restorative practices have gained buy-in among school districts, their stakeholders, and policymakers as a strategy to improve classroom and school climates and reduce suspension rates. This study of the implementation of restorative practices in Pittsburgh Public Schools represents one of the first randomized controlled trials of the effects of restorative practices on classroom and school climates and suspension rates.
How does grade configuration impact student achievement in elementary and middle school grades
Adding Insult to Injury
Students across the United States experience high levels of contact with the police. To clarify the causal relationships of this contact with educational outcomes and the mechanisms by which such relationships arise, we estimate the effects of arrest on student engagement with school using daily attendance data. Recently arrested students missed significantly more school than did students who would be arrested later in the school year. The effect…
Optimal Allocation of Seats in the Presence of Peer Effects
We model optimal treatment assignment in programs with a limited number of seats and study how the presence of peer effects impacts the optimal allocation rule. We then use data from a randomized control trial to show evidence that there are large peer effects in the context of job training for disadvantaged adults in the United States. Finally, we combine the model and the empirics to show that the program would have had a much greater impact if…
The thin blue line in schools
U.S. public school students increasingly attend schools with sworn law enforcement officers present. Yet little is known about how these school resource officers (SROs) affect school environments or student outcomes. Our study uses a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design with national school‐level data from 2014 to 2018 to estimate the impacts of SRO placement. We construct this discontinuity based on the application scores for federal schoo…
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