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Sociology faculty co-author paper on health care for aging veterans

Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London & Scott D. Landes
Given that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care is targeted, many veterans do not receive health-care services. Additionally, some veterans who have high priority for receipt of services do not obtain health care from the VA because they have access to other, preferred providers. As a result, a relatively small minority of veterans use VA health-care services.
February 10, 2020

University website features the history of Maxwell’s VIP visitors

As part of its ongoing initiative to highlight historical content during SU’s 150th anniversary year, the Syracuse University website now includes a report on well-known figures from politics and public life who have visited and spoken at the Maxwell School.

February 6, 2020

See related: Centennial, School History

Lovely discusses US annual trade deficit with Bloomberg, Politico

"Everything the president has done has shown that the advice of more traditional economists has actually been very solid—so we don’t see the trade deficit closing as a result," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. 

February 6, 2020

Jolly study on representation gaps in European politics published

Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly & Jonathan Polk
February 4, 2020

See related: Europe

Reeher quoted in Modern Healthcare article on political contributions

"One of the main lenses to look at political contributions is as investments. That often leads to big investors hedging their bets, which they often do," says Professor Grant Reeher. He was interviewed for the Modern Healthcare article, about healthcare executives and the political consequences of their campaign donations

February 3, 2020

Heflin codirects project funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Colleen Heflin has been awarded a $74,986 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The grant will fund research into the effects of parental employment on child care and child-care subsidies.
February 3, 2020

See related: Grant Awards

Baltagi paper on testing for heteroskedasticity published in Journal of Econometrics

Badi H.Baltagi, Byoung Cheol Jung & Seuck HeunSong
January 31, 2020

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