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Robert M. La Follette
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Madison, WI 53706

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Last updated:
March 22, 2013



 

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Research

In carrying out the Wisconsin Idea, La Follette School faculty engage in research and public service activities that benefit the world, nation, state and local community by showcasing recent research developments and increasing understanding of important issues. In addition to publishing in the best juried and peer-reviewed journals, faculty share their research and writing through La Follette School publications that include the Policy Report and the Working Paper Series. They and other University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and guests share their work at the weekly Seminar Series. La Follette School students produce workshop reports as part of their capstone course, and they carry out other research as project assistants and in their courses.

The La Follette School is home to research centers, and La Follette School faculty direct or are otherwise affiliated with other research centers and institutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Faculty also carry out myriad research initiatives independent of centers and institutes.
 

Centers and Projects of the La Follette School

Performance Information Project

Center for Public Policy and the Status of Women

Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy

Center for Wisconsin State, Local, and Tribal Governance 

 

Collaborations, and Affiliated Research Centers and Institutes

Fourth Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference, April 4-5, 2013

2013 Public Management Research Association Conference

Center for Financial Security

Institute for Research on Poverty

Election Administration Project

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy

Evidence-Based Health Policy Project

Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

Competitive Wisconsin

European Union Center of Excellence 

 

Research Initiatives

Conference on Long-Term Unemployment in Industrial Countries: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses, April 28, 2011

Red Tape Research Workshop: Rethinking and Expanding the Study of Administrative Rules, June 2-4, 2010

Current Account Sustainability of Major Industrialized Countries

Wisconsin Style: New Approaches to Regulatory Innovation, 2004-06

Wisconsin Women = Prosperity

Charter Schools

 

Faculty Research Areas

Below is a partial list of research topics and faculty members who specialize in them.

Bureaucracy
Susan Yackee

Charter Schools
John Witte

Children
Maria Cancian
Bob Haveman
Timothy Smeeding
Barbara Wolfe

Child Support
Maria Cancian
Geoffrey Wallace

China
Menzie Chinn
Melanie Manion

Citizen Participation
Donald Moynihan

City Management and Urban Policy
Maria Cancian
Dennis Dresang
Bob Haveman
Karen Holden
Donald Moynihan
Andrew Reschovsky
Geoffrey Wallace
John Witte

Climate Change
Gregory Nemet

Community Development
Dennis Dresang

Corruption
Melanie Manion

Cost-Benefit Analysis
David Weimer

Criminal Justice
Dennis Dresang
David Weimer

Currencies
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch

Current Account
Menzie Chinn

Debt
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch

Deficits
Menzie Chinn

Development, International
Melanie Manion

Disability
Thomas DeLeire
Karen Holden
Barbara Wolfe

Economic Development
Andrew Reschovsky

Economics, International
Menzie Chinn
Isao Kamata

Economics, U.S.
Bob Haveman
Geoffrey Wallace

Education Finance and Policy
Bob Haveman
Andrew Reschovsky
Geoffrey Wallace
John Witte
Barbara Wolfe

Emergency, Crisis Management
Dennis Dresang
Donald Moynihan

Employment
Maria Cancian
Thomas DeLeire

Energy Policy
Gregory Nemet
David Weimer

Energy Research, Development
Gregory Nemet

Environmental Policy, Natural Resources
Bob Haveman
Gregory Nemet
David Weimer

Exchange Rates
Menzie Chinn

Families
Maria Cancian
Timothy Smeeding
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe

Finance, International
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch

Financial Literacy, Well-Being
Karen Holden

Fiscal Policy
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch
Andrew Reschovsky

Gangs
Dennis Dresang

Gender
Maria Cancian
Dennis Dresang
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Geoffrey Wallace

Governance
Dennis Dresang
Melanie Manion
Donald Moynihan
Susan Yackee

Government Finance, Local and State
Andrew Reschovsky

Health Policy, Management, Insurance, Economics
Thomas DeLeire
Dennis Dresang
Bob Haveman
Karen Holden
Pamela Herd
David Weimer
Barbara Wolfe

Homeland Security
Donald Moynihan

Housing
Andrew Reschovsky
Barbara Wolfe

Immigration
Thomas DeLeire

Income
Thomas DeLeire

Information Technology, Computers, Internet
Menzie Chinn

Intellectual Property
Gregory Nemet

Interest Groups
Susan Yackee

Interest Rates
Menzie Chinn

Labor
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe

Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy
Menzie Chinn

Marriage
Maria Cancian
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden

Medicare
Pamela Herd

Monetary Policy
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch

Medicare
Pamela Herd

Monetary Policy
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch

Natural Resources,
Environmental Policy
Bob Haveman
Gregory Nemet
David Weimer

Networks
Donald Moynihan

Occupations
Thomas DeLeire

Organ Transplants
David Weimer

Older Adults
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Timothy Smeeding
Barbara Wolfe

Personnel
Dennis Dresang

Policy Implementation
Susan Yackee

Poverty
Maria Cancian
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Timothy Smeeding
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe

Public Finance and Budgeting
Bob Haveman
Karen Holden
Melanie Manion
Donald Moynihan
Andrew Reschovsky
David Weimer
John Witte
Barbara Wolfe

Public Health
Dennis Dresang
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Bob Haveman
Timothy Smeeding
David Weimer
Barbara Wolfe

Public Management and Administration
Dennis Dresang
Donald Moynihan

Public Policy Analysis
Maria Cancian
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Andrew Reschovsky
Timothy Smeeding
Geoffrey Wallace
David Weimer
John Witte
Barbara Wolfe

Race
Pamela Herd
David Weimer
Barbara Wolfe

Regulatory Policy
Gregory Nemet
Susan Yackee

Retirement
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Timothy Smeeding
Barbara Wolfe

Rule-Making
Susan Yackee

School Choice, Vouchers
John Witte

Science and Technology Policy
Menzie Chinn
Donald Moynihan
Gregory Nemet
David Weimer

Social, Labor and Employment Policy, International
Timothy Smeeding

Social Policy, Domestic
Maria Cancian
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Timothy Smeeding
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe
Susan Yackee

Social Security
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Timothy Smeeding
Barbara Wolfe

South Africa
Andrew Reschovsky

Tax Policy
Andrew Reschovsky
John Witte

Technology Transfer, Research, Development
Gregory Nemet

Trade and Finance, International
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch

Trade Deficits
Menzie Chinn

Transportation
Bob Haveman

Tribal Governance, Relations
Dennis Dresang

Urban Policy and Affairs, City Management
Maria Cancian
Dennis Dresang
Bob Haveman
Karen Holden
Donald Moynihan
Andrew Reschovsky
Geoffrey Wallace
John Witte

U.S. Politics
Dennis Dresang

Violence, Gangs
Dennis Dresang

Wealth
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman

Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Timothy Smeeding
Barbara Wolfe

Welfare
Maria Cancian
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Timothy Smeeding
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe

Wisconsin Fiscal Policy, Taxes
Andrew Reschovsky

Wisconsin Politics, Elections, Local and Statewide
Dennis Dresang
Donald Moynihan

Workforce, Human Capital, Education, Skills
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman

Timothy Smeeding
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe