Robert M. Schmidt

University of Richmond

Emeritus Professor of Economics

Richmond, VA 23173

United States

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1.

Aggregate Population and Economic Growth Correlations: The Role of the Components of Demographic Change

Duke Economics Working Paper No. 95-37
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 May 1997
Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt
Duke University - Department of Economics and University of Richmond
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Economic and Demographic Change: A Synthesis of Models, Findings, and Perspectives

Duke Economics Working Paper No. 99-01
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Jul 1999
Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt
Duke University - Department of Economics and University of Richmond
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Toward a Cure for the Myopia and Tunnel Vision of the Population Debate: A Dose of Historical Perspective

Duke Economics Working Paper #95-10
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Apr 1997
Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt
Duke University - Department of Economics and University of Richmond
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Conceptual Issues in Developing Return on Investment Estimates of Vocational Rehabilitation Programs

The Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, 40(1), 23-34, 2019
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Mar 2020
Christopher M. Clapp, John V. Pepper, Robert M. Schmidt and Steven N. Stern
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Richmond and Stony Brooke University
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Return on investment (ROI), rate of return (ROR), vocational rehabilitation, benefit-cost analysis, discount rates, alternative evaluation designs, long-run benefits

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The Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation for People Who are Blind or Vision-Impaired

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Jul 2023
Christopher M. Clapp, John V. Pepper, Robert M. Schmidt and Steven N. Stern
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Richmond and Stony Brooke University
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vocational rehabilitation, earnings, employment, disability

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Applications of the VR-ROI Project: ROI Estimates for Virginia and Maryland

The Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, 40(1), 57-72, 2019
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2020
Robert M. Schmidt, Christopher M. Clapp, John V. Pepper and Steven N. Stern
University of Richmond, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Stony Brooke University
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Return on investment estimates, vocational rehabilitation (VR), mental illness, physical impairment, cognitive impairment, multiple service types, multiple service sources

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An Overview of the VR-ROI Project and its Approach to Estimating ROI

The Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, 40(1), 47-55, 2019
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Kirsten Rowe, Joe Ashley, John V. Pepper, Robert M. Schmidt and Steven N. Stern
Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Ashley Consulting, LLC, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Richmond and Stony Brooke University
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return on investment, public vocational rehabilitation, program evaluation

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Data Issues in Developing Valid ROI Estimates

The Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, 40(1), 35-46, 2019
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Mar 2020
Steven N. Stern, Christopher M. Clapp, John V. Pepper and Robert M. Schmidt
Stony Brooke University, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics and University of Richmond
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return on investment (ROI), vocational rehabilitation, longitudinal data, unemployment insurance data, control group, VR service data, personally- identifiable data, explanatory variables

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Measurement of Learning Disabilities and Intellectual Disabilities: Racial Patterns and Labor Market Biases in RSA-911 Data

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Sep 2023
Christopher M. Clapp, John V. Pepper, Robert M. Schmidt and Steven N. Stern
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Richmond and Stony Brooke University
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disability classification, systematic racial differences, white-black gap, vocational rehabilitation

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Overview of Vocational Rehabilitation Data about People with Visual Impairments: Demographics, Services and Long-Run Labor Market Trends

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB), 2019
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Mar 2020
Christopher M. Clapp, John V. Pepper, Robert M. Schmidt and Steven N. Stern
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Richmond and Stony Brooke University
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Vocational rehabilitation (VR), blind, vision impairment

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Problems in Using Measures of Taxpayer Return on Investment to Evaluate Work Force Programs

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2024
Christopher M. Clapp, John V. Pepper, Robert M. Schmidt and Steven N. Stern
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Richmond and Stony Brooke University
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vocational rehabilitation, taxpayer return, social return, earnings, employment, disability

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Assessing Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Capacity to Engage in Evidence-Based Decision Making

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2025
Christopher M. Clapp, Catherine Ipsen, Crystal Garry, Joe Ashley, Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, John V. Pepper, Robert M. Schmidt and Steven N. Stern
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, affiliation not provided to SSRN, George Washington University, Ashley Consulting, LLC, George Washington University - Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD), University of Virginia - Department of Economics, University of Richmond and Stony Brooke University
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vocational rehabilitation, evidence-based policy, survey, data management, data visualization, statistical analysis

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Saving, Dependency and Development

Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 9(4), 1996
Posted: 21 Oct 1997
Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt
Duke University - Department of Economics and University of Richmond

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