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Robert M. La Follette
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Madison, WI 53706

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Last updated:
February 25, 2008

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Research

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 of the La Follette School

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

Institute for Research on Poverty

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

Current Account Sustainability of Major Industrialized Countries

Wisconsin Style: New Approaches to Regulatory Innovation

Wisconsin Women = Prosperity

Charter Schools

 

Faculty Research Areas

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

Argentina
Carolyn Heinrich

Brazil
Carolyn Heinrich

Bureaucracy
Susan Yackee

Business and Government, International
Jonathan Zeitlin

Charter Schools
John Witte

Children
Maria Cancian
Bob Haveman
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

Criminal Justice
Dennis Dresang
David Weimer

Currencies
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch
Charles Engel

Current Account
Menzie Chinn
Charles Engel

Debt
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch
Charles Engel

Deficits
Menzie Chinn
Charles Engel

Development, International
Carolyn Heinrich
Melanie Manion

Disability
Thomas DeLeire
Karen Holden
Barbara Wolfe

Economic Development
Andrew Reschovsky

Economics, International
Menzie Chinn
Charles Engel

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
Carolyn Heinrich

Energy Policy
Gregory Nemet
David Weimer

Energy Research, Development
Gregory Nemet

Environmental Policy, Natural Resources
Bob Haveman
Gregory Nemet
David Weimer

Europe
Jonathan Zeitlin

European Union
Jonathan Zeitlin

Exchange Rates
Menzie Chinn
Charles Engel

Families
Maria Cancian
Carolyn Heinrich
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe

Finance, International
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch
Charles Engel

Fiscal Policy
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch
Charles Engel
Andrew Reschovsky

Gangs
Dennis Dresang

Gender
Maria Cancian
Dennis Dresang
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Geoffrey Wallace

Governance
Dennis Dresang
Carolyn Heinrich
Melanie Manion
Donald Moynihan
Susan Yackee
Jonathan Zeitlin

Government Finance, Local and State
Andrew Reschovsky

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

Homeland Security
Donald Moynihan

Honduras
Carolyn Heinrich

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
Charles Engel

Labor
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman
Carolyn Heinrich
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe
Jonathan Zeitlin

Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy
Menzie Chinn
Charles Engel

Marriage
Maria Cancian
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden

Medicare
Pamela Herd

Monetary Policy
Menzie Chinn
Mark Copelovitch
Charles Engel

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
Barbara Wolfe

Personnel
Dennis Dresang

Policy Implementation
Carolyn Heinrich
Susan Yackee

Poverty
Maria Cancian
Thomas DeLeire
Bob Haveman
Carolyn Heinrich
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
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
David Weimer
Barbara Wolfe

Public Management and Administration
Dennis Dresang
Carolyn Heinrich
Donald Moynihan

Public Policy Analysis
Maria Cancian
Bob Haveman
Carolyn Heinrich
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Andrew Reschovsky
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
Barbara Wolfe

School Vouchers
John Witte

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

Social, Labor and Employment Policy, International
Carolyn Heinrich
Jonathan Zeitlin

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

Social Security
Bob Haveman
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
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
Charles Engel

Trade Deficits
Menzie Chinn
Charles Engel

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
Barbara Wolfe

Welfare
Maria Cancian
Bob Haveman
Carolyn Heinrich
Pamela Herd
Karen Holden
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe

Wisconsin's Environmental Law Green Tier
Donald Moynihan

Wisconsin Fiscal Policy, Taxes
Andrew Reschovsky

Wisconsin Politics, Elections, Local and Statewide
Dennis Dresang

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

Carolyn Heinrich
Geoffrey Wallace
Barbara Wolfe
Jonathan Zeitlin