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hhsievertsen.bsky.social
New cool study by @scandersen.bsky.social and @tsguul.bsky.social in JPART on how teachers use information from school tests to adjust their teaching.

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#econsky @ingoisphording.bsky.social
Do teachers use test results?
New RCT (in a low stakes setting!) says yes!
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October 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
donmoyn.bsky.social
Gendered administrative burdens
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Burdens typically serve to reinforce heternormative identities. One example is the adoption of last names. Roughly 80% of married women take their husband’s last name in the U.S., with even more children taking their father’s last name (Pilcher 2017; Scheuble et al. 2012). A woman changing her name faces numerous bureaucratic tasks, from obtaining a new Social Security card (the American equivalent to a national identity card) and driver’s license, to updating health insurance, billing, and banking accounts. While the overall process is complicated and time consuming, the basic name change document is simple: a woman places her male spouse’s name on the marriage certificate for her last name. The marriage certificate then serves as documentation for other legal documentation changes (Hurst 2021). If a male spouse wants to take his wife’s name, with the exception of ten states, men are required to do a statutory name change, which requires a hearing and judicial consent. Some states require advertising the name change, for example, in a newspaper, entailing additional cost and effort (Hurst 2021).
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
jpart1991.bsky.social
The study highlights how recruitment choices can shape perceptions of good governance.

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February 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
meganehatch.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite JPART articles. I assign it in my classes a lot.
September 4, 2024 at 8:24 PM
elizabethlinos.bsky.social
*New paper alert* #econsky #pasky! Jessica Lasky-Fink and I have a new paper out in JPART on stigma in the social safety net. Across 2 field experiments and 2 additional online experiments, we show that reducing stigma can increase uptake of rental assistance. Online version available here:
Improving delivery of the social safety net: The role of stigma
Abstract. Many low-income households in the US miss out on social safety net benefits because of the information, compliance, and psychological costs associated
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September 22, 2023 at 10:33 PM
statsvitenskap.bsky.social
📢 New article 🌟
👥 Constantin Kaplaner @kaplaner.bsky.social , Cristoph Knill & Yves Steinbach (ISV)
🔎 Administrative Overload and Policy Triage: Causal evidence from the Introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the United States
📖 Open access in JPART
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Administrative overload and policy triage: causal evidence from the introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the United States
Abstract. Recent research suggests that additional public policies can sometimes decrease overall policy effectiveness rather than improve the problem-solv
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August 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
jpart1991.bsky.social
By integrating insights from turbulence theory into street-level bureaucracy, the paper argues that robustness, not innovation, often underlies the real work of policy during crises.

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Routines amid the unpredictable: a street-level organization’s robust response to COVID-19
Abstract. Street-level organizations, which implement public policy on behalf of the state, often operate under unstable conditions. Workers routinely face
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July 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
tummers.bsky.social
JPART is coming, I've heard 😎. In the end, I hope all will be here.
December 4, 2024 at 8:41 AM
richardtol.bsky.social
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Crowding Out Intrinsic Motivation in the Public Sector
Abstract. Employing intrinsically motivated individuals has been proposed as a means of improving public sector performance. In this article, we investigat
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March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
jpart1991.bsky.social
As promised, let's start exploring the latest JPART issue.

Do people follow rules less when they feel distrusted? 🤔 Not always. 🧵
May 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
j2bryson.bsky.social
We're having an interesting conversation about country size & trust in (& ability to control, & probability of competence of) officials. Reminds me of a favourite paper by @marlenejugl.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jpart/articl... IMO AI could allow us to better choose the scale of our government.
Finding the Golden Mean: Country Size and the Performance of National Bureaucracies
Abstract. This article contributes to the debate on environmental determinants of public service performance by analyzing the effect of country size (popul
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August 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
halling.bsky.social
I am really, really happy to share that our (w. Martin Bækgaard) administrative burden lit. review is out
in JPART. It's #openaccess, so it is free for anyone to read. For those looking for a brief version, I will share a few key insights below

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October 3, 2023 at 10:27 AM
trentonsperry.bsky.social
As SCOTUS clears the way for all government employees to become political appointees, it’s worth noting that the U.S. already has far more politically appointed positions in government than just about any other modern democracy.

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September 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
marlenejugl.bsky.social
The accepted manuscript is already published here, the typeset version should follow in the next weeks.

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Patterns of bureaucracy: Conceptualizing administrative traditions
Abstract. Administrative traditions (AT) are a prominent approach to classify and compare administrative systems across countries, yet there is a lack of a
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May 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
jpart1991.bsky.social
by reviewing 505 studies and developing a two-dimensional measure, Citizen orientation and Structural concentration, that reveals unexpected differences even within familiar country groupings.

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Patterns of bureaucracy: Conceptualizing administrative traditions
Abstract. Administrative traditions (AT) are a prominent approach to classify and compare administrative systems across countries, yet there is a lack of a
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July 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Does Reducing Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Workload Enhance Equity in Program Access? Evidence from Burdensome College Financial Aid Programs academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...
Does Reducing Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Workload Enhance Equity in Program Access? Evidence from B...
Abstract. Persistent disparities in program access jeopardize social equity and erode a key pillar of democratic governance. Scholars have uncovered the causes
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December 30, 2023 at 1:54 PM
patrickneithard.bsky.social
🧵13,14,15 [reliance on political appointments can have significant downsides. [Scholars] have [found] that agencies with large numbers of political employees [tend to be less successful].]
effectivegov.uchicago.edu/primers/poli...

www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

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Political Appointees to the Federal Bureaucracy
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May 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
jpart1991.bsky.social
handle workforce turnover, reducing delays in IT projects and cushioning the impact of knowledge loss.

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When does employee turnover matter? Analyzing the role of organizational memory in the federal IT workforce
Abstract. This paper proposes a theory of organizational memory predicting that task knowledge retained in organizational structures (i.e., agency centrali
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October 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
jpart1991.bsky.social
The article calls for rethinking public service design to formally recognize this unseen, undervalued labor.

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Governance in layers: how female street-level bureaucrats reshape state power through emotional labor
Abstract. This article draws on multisited ethnographic fieldwork conducted from 2021 to 2024 across six Chinese cities, encompassing twenty-eight semi-str
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July 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
thepeoplelab.bsky.social
NEW PAPER ALERT: We are thrilled to announce our paper "Improving delivery of the social safety net: The role of stigma" has been published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Thread below!
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Improving delivery of the social safety net: The role of stigma
Abstract. Many low-income households in the US miss out on social safety net benefits because of the information, compliance, and psychological costs associated
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September 28, 2023 at 3:21 PM
mattgrossmann.bsky.social
providing information about emergency rental assistance increased program application requests by 52% compared to a no-communication control group. subtle framing changes aimed at destigmatizing rental assistance increased engagement by 36%
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September 26, 2023 at 8:26 PM
vestorcien.bsky.social
Wrapped up Day 1 at #PMRC2025! Huge thanks to JPART & PPMG editors for an insightful pre-conference session. Look forward to applying these learnings to my research projects 🙌 @iuioneill.bsky.social @pmra-1991.bsky.social
#PMRC2025 #Firsttimeattendee #Seoul
June 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
jpart1991.bsky.social
Using cases from Ireland and the Netherlands, it finds that administrative limbo produces deep uncertainty, strain, and diminished life prospects, highlighting the need to study how state inaction unfolds over time.

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Stuck in the waiting room: citizen experiences of administrative limbo in three European crises
Abstract. In recent years, there have been numerous cases where citizens have found themselves stuck in highly protracted administrative processes affectin
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October 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
billresh.bsky.social
My brilliant USC Price colleague, Danyao Li, has this freshly out at JPART: academic.oup.com/jpart/advanc...
Critical Mass Condition of Majority Bureaucratic Behavioral Change in Representative Bureaucracy: A ...
Abstract. Representative bureaucracy theory examines how bureaucrats’ demographics impact outcomes for clients with shared identities, with “critical mass” posi
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January 26, 2024 at 8:04 PM
jpart1991.bsky.social
📢 Exciting News for PMRC 2025! 📢

As you prepare for this year’s conference, we invite you to attend the Pre-Conference Workshop on Academic Writing and theorizing with JPART and PPMG Editors.
March 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM