Children & Families

• Child development
• Families and the economy

Crime & Urban Policy

• Economics of crime
• Effects of incarceration
• Gun violence
• Housing

Cultural Policy

• Arts and economic development
• Cultural and civic engagement
• Cultural heritage and landmark preservation
• Cultural industries and globalization
• Cultural valuation
• Freedom of expression issues
• Intellectual property rights

Economics

• Development economics
• Economic aging effects
• Economic hardships
• Economic segregation

Education

• Accountability
• Achievement
• Mobility
• Testing

Environment

• Environmental economics
• Environmental policy

Finance

• Financial markets
• Public finance and regulation
• Subsidies
• Tax policy

Health

• Health care analysis
• Health policy
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Obesity
• Pharmaceuticals
• Prevention

International

• Globalization
• Immigration
• International economics
• International policy
• International political economy
• International relations
• Nuclear weapons policy
• Security policy
• Terrorism
• Trade policy

Judgment & Decision Making

• Cognition
• Collaborative intelligence
• Emotions in decision making
• Risk and risk management
• Social behavior choices

Labor & Employment

• Labor economics
• Unemployment insurance

Methods & Theories

• Applied microeconomics
• Econometrics
• Game theory
• Population analysis
• Statistical analysis
• Survey analysis

Politics, Government, Institutions

• American political economy
• American politics
• Campaign finance
• Comparative government
• Government and public management
• Governmental structures
• Political economics
• Political theory
• Regulation

Poverty & Inequality

• Social safety net
• Welfare reform