Krista Ruffini

⏰Registration deadline approaching ! --2 December 2024-- 📣 5th (LIS)2ER workshop - "Fighting #poverty: measurement and policy challenges" organised by @lisdata and @LISER_LC lisdatacenter.org/news-and-event…

P-EBT, which gave grocery vouchers worth about $300 to students who lost access to free meals during COVID, reduced food hardship and moms' mental health problems, from @laurenlbauer, @KristaRuffini, and @dwschanz nber.org/papers/w33199

V. open WRT discipline. We're off-cycle, but either remote or in-person is possible.

ABDs and post-docs interested in policy-relevant research: Come work with us! Esp welcome candidates w/ experience in RCTs a/o admin data + interests in transportation, urban, labor, or safety net policy.

📢New WP📢 Nursing homes are often severely understaffed, most residents' stays are covered by Medicaid or Medicare. Can policymakers structure payments to ⬆️ staffing? Yes! How? Tie $ to staffing levels.

This is a great opportunity with the fantastic @kevinrinz and @equitablegrowth! (cc: former PPOL506/7 students)

@omarpassons @CAPolicyLab We initially looked into VI-SPDAT, but unfortunately didn't have these data available. Definitely important for future work + looking at longer-term housing outcomes!

@omarpassons @CAPolicyLab All great points, @omarpassons! Agree that there are still many, many unanswered Qs. We looked at a pd early in the program, so sample sizes for many subgroups were too small to say anything definitive ( statistically) but a very imp Q to look into as the program grows

@PhillipsEcon Totally! A lot of county variation here, but these fams were already connected to the child welf sys, so easier to ID folks who might qualify. But definitely shows that even if accessing 1 system, ppl might not be in all sys that can help.

@KristaRuffini Cool program. Your fact #3 is the one that really sticks out to me. Super hard to create a program that people want to engage with when they have an active child protection case and are sleeping doubled up/in a car/etc. Would be interested to know how they setup referrals.

Housing challenges are common among families involved in the child welfare system. So how does providing housing assistance affect family stability? 1/n

Of course, these are relatively short-term outcomes, and there is still much more to learn about hosuing services and child wellbeing! Huge thx to all the county partners, CDSS, @CAPolicyLab, @CDN_USC for making this work possible! n/n

5) Family reunification increased ~68% within 6 months among families w/ kids initially in foster care 6) Child welfare involvement persisted for families w/ kids originally in an in-home placement 4/n

This @ashdgandhi, @andrewolenski, @KristaRuffini, and Karen Shen paper out today is interesting in light of the various labor shortages people were concerned about earlier in the pandemic. nber.org/papers/w32412

One week from today! Join us at noon on 3/14/24 for a talk about how cash transfers that are not conditional on contemporaneous employment affect infant health with @KristaRuffini! For more info, go to tinyurl.com/kruffini. Thank you to our co-sponsor @PennLDI!

Great presentation on "Recent Changes to the Safety Net and Implications for Child Well-Being" by @KristaRuffini of @McCourtSchool, focusing on expanded #CTC & stimulus payments during the COVID pandemic and how it affects child outcomes, esp. infant health. #IRP24NAACFRC

Join us on Thursday, March 14 for our research seminar featuring @KristaRuffini of the @McCourtSchool at @Georgetown! "Does Unconditional Cash During Pregnancy Affect Infant Health?" This event is open to @Penn affiliates with registration. Details ⤵️ ldi.upenn.edu/events/researc…

Are you a labor(ish) economist in the great DC area? Save the date for WALES 2024, this year organized and hosted by Seth Gershenson and the @AmericanU team 🙏🙏 Paper submissions due in 2 weeks (March 15). Apply + spread the word! I look forward to seeing many of you there!

Very excited for this workshop-- Submit your papers by 30 June!