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Carolyn J. Heinrich

Carolyn J. Heinrich

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
39
Citations
8349
World Ranking
5579
National Ranking
2643

Overview

Carolyn J. Heinrich is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has contributed extensively within the social sciences, particularly focusing on education, clinical psychology, general health professions, strategy and management, and economics and econometrics.

Their research spans multiple interconnected topics, including child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, higher education research studies, migration, health and trauma, homelessness and social issues, child and adolescent health, racial and ethnic identity research, and financial literacy, pension, and retirement analysis.

Recent scholarly articles authored by Carolyn J. Heinrich include:

  • Consequences of Administrative Burden for Social Safety Nets that Support the Healthy Development of Children (2021) - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Minding the gap: Evidence, implementation and funding gaps in mental health services delivery for school-aged children (2023) - Children and Youth Services Review
  • Repercussions of a Raid: Health and Education Outcomes of Children Entangled in Immigration Enforcement (2022) - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Does Online Course-Taking Increase High School Completion and Open Pathways to Postsecondary Education Opportunities? (2021) - Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as Sayil Camacho, Mason Shero, Mónica Hernández, Jennifer Darling-Aduana, and Fernando Deodato Domingos, reflecting ongoing partnerships in related research areas.

Carolyn J. Heinrich has published regularly in venues that include:

  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (3 publications)
  • Children and Youth Services Review (1 publication)
  • AERA Open (1 publication)
  • Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (1 publication)
  • Social Science & Medicine (1 publication)

Their work broadly addresses issues relating to policy analysis and management, child development, education, health services, and social safety nets, contributing insights across diverse aspects of social science research.

Best Publications

  • Outcomes–Based Performance Management in the Public Sector: Implications for Government Accountability and Effectiveness

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • Studying Governance and Public Management: Challenges and Prospects

    Laurence E. Lynn;Carolyn J. Heinrich;Carolyn J. Hill

  • A Primer for Applying Propensity-Score Matching

    Carolyn Heinrich;Alessandro Maffioli;Gonzalo Vázquez

  • Incentives and their dynamics in public sector performance management systems

    Carolyn J. Heinrich;Gerald Marschke

  • The Performance of Performance Standards

    James Joseph Heckman;Carolyn J. Heinrich;Jeffrey A. Smith

  • Governance and Performance: New Perspectives

    Carolyn J. Heinrich;Laurence E. Lynn

  • Assessing the Performance of Performance Standards in Public Bureaucracies

    James Heckman;Carolyn Heinrich;Jeffrey Smith

  • Measuring public sector performance and effectiveness

    Carolyn Heinrich

  • The Bite of Administrative Burden: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • Evidence-Based Policy and Performance Management Challenges and Prospects in Two Parallel Movements

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • Parents' employment and children's wellbeing.

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • Do Government Bureaucrats Make Effective Use of Performance Management Information

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • Performance-Based Contracting in Social Welfare Programs:

    Carolyn J. Heinrich;Youseok Choi

  • Means and Ends: A Comparative Study of Empirical Methods for Investigating Governance and Performance

    Carolyn J. Heinrich;Laurence E. Lynn

  • False or fitting recognition? The use of high performance bonuses in motivating organizational achievements

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • Dimensions of publicness and performance in substance abuse treatment organizations.

    Carolyn J. Heinrich;Elizabeth Fournier

  • Cream Skimming, Parking, and Other Intended and Unintended Effects of High-Powered, Performance-Based Contracts

    Pierre Koning;Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • Organizational form and performance: An empirical investigation of nonprofit and for‐profit job‐training service providers

    Carolyn J. Heinrich

  • The Effects of Welfare‐to‐Work Program Activities on Labor Market Outcomes

    Andrew Dyke;Carolyn J. Heinrich;Peter R. Mueser;Kenneth R. Troske

  • A state of agents? Sharpening the debate and evidence over the extent and impact of the transformation of governance

    Carolyn J. Heinrich;Laurence E. Lynn;H. Brinton Milward

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