Here is a sampling of the analysis our team has conducted.

2024 fRANKLIN cOUNTY pOVERTY sNAPSHOT

Scioto Analysis partnered with the Rise Together Innovation Institute to author the 2024 edition of the Franklin County Poverty Snapshot. The study outlines the drivers of economic instability, including rising costs, low wages, and the enduring effects of systemic racism. It also provides recommendations for policymakers, community leaders, and organizations to promote economic mobility and security for all residents.

community benchmarking

Scioto Analysis compiled data on demographic, economic, education, health, and other metrics to compare the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area to 22 other peer communities.

Lead Pipe Replacement

Scioto Analysis analyzed the costs and benefits of replacing lead service lines in Ohio’s public water systems.

Minimum Wage

Scioto Analysis explored the public health and employment impacts of proposals to increase Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Subjective Well-being

Scioto Analysis partnered with Ohio State University to conduct a statewide survey on self-reported well-being across Ohio.

Ohio poverty Measure

Scioto Analysis used localized data to provide a more detailed look at poverty across Ohio than any other model previously.

Climate Health equity

Scioto Analysis partnered with Green Umbrella to analyze the impact that climate change would have on health equity in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Public Transporation

Scioto Analysis conducted an economic impact analysis of the proposed “3C+D” passenger rail line connecting Ohio’s four largest metropolitan areas.

Understanding Poverty

Scioto Analysis compiled data for Franklin County, creating a comprehensive picture of the curent state of poverty.

Human Development

Scioto Analysis analyzed income, health, and education in Ohio, comparing it to other states and looking and geographic and racial differences within the state on these dimensions.

School Spending

Scioto Analysis analyzed the economic impacts of increasing or decreasing school spending in the state of Ohio.

Daylight Saving Time

Scioto Analysis measured the crime, energy, and productivity impacts that changing clocks for daylight saving time has on Ohio.

Recreational Cannabis Use

Scioto Analysis monetized the costs and benefits of Ohio’s recreational cannabis ballot initiative.

COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Scioto Analysis conducted budget and equity analysis on the financial costs local governments in Pennsylvania will incur due to climate change.

Child Poverty

Scioto Analysis estimated the impact that a state child tax credit would have on poverty and the economy in the state of Ohio.

Genuine Progress Indicator

Scioto Analysis released its first “GPI 2.0” study. This is the newest formulation of a “GDP+” measure that balances traditional economic measures with environmental damage and nonmarket economic activity.

Water Quality

Scioto Analysis analyzed the “H2Ohio” voluntary nutrient management program. This program aims to improve water quality by reducing overuse of fertilizer on Ohio farms.

INcome Inequality

Scioto Analysis carried out a study of income inequality in the state of Ohio across dimensions of class, race, education, and geography and interventions to reduce it.

Climate Costs

Scioto Analysis estimated the midcentury costs of climate change to local governments by midcentury.

Urban Tree Canopy

Scioto Analysis conducted a cost-benefit analysis of urban tree canopy programs for Ohio municipalities.

Energy Storage

Scioto Analysis and the Cleveland State University Energy Policy Center partnered on this study of opportunities for the energy storage supply chain in northern Appalachia.

Reducing Poverty

Scioto Analysis partnered with the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy to analyze basic income options to reduce poverty in the state of Ohio.

poverty measurement

Scioto Analysis has developed the Ohio Poverty Measure, a measure that presents the most accurate measurement of poverty in the state of Ohio to date.

Measuring Genuine Progress

Economic progress is best measured by factoring in external costs and the value of nontraded goods to residents of the state. In this analysis, Scioto Analysis calculates Ohio’s Genuine Progress Indicator for 2019 and provides recommendations for improving the measure for future years.

carbon emissions

State governments may be compelled to adopt carbon abatement policy soon. Renewable portfolio, cap-and-trade, and carbon tax policies in Ohio could save the state up to a trillion dollars in social costs over the next thirty years.

Public service

AmeriCorps programs show some short term costs but the benefits to participants outweighs them in the long run. Expansion of existing programming could lead to millions more in net benefits at little cost to taxpayers.

K-12 Education

School closures save lives, but at steep costs in the form of future wages for today’s children. In this cost-benefit analysis, Scioto Analysis estimates lives saved and future income losses from further Ohio school closures in the fall of 2020.

sustainable economic growth

Ohio’s economy grew from 2009 to 2018, but was stymied by economic damage, shrinking leisure time, and longer commutes. In a series of briefs, Scioto Analysis provides the newest estimates of the size of Ohio’s economy along with a series of briefs on options to sustainably grow it.

CHILD CARE QUALITY

In September 2020, all of Ohio’s child care providers will be required to enter into Ohio’s “Step Up to Quality” system. Scioto Analysis partnered with the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at Ohio State University to model the impacts of quality standards and subsidies for meeting them on providers throughout the state.

Developmental Disabilities

As of October 2019, over 2,300 Nebraskans with disabilities were past their need date for residential, habilitative, and vocational services. In this study, Scioto Analysis examines the type of people on this waiting list, the types of services they are missing out on, and how this problem fits into the state’s broader fiscal landscape.

Poverty alleviation

The earned income tax credit (EITC) is the largest antipoverty program in the United States for working people. In this cost-benefit analysis, Rob Moore and Tong Zhou project the economic, distributional, and human development impacts of proposals to bolster Ohio’s state EITC.

evidence-based policymaking

Ohio has less think tanks and R1 research institutions per capita than any of its neighboring states. In this study, Moore examines this policy analysis infrastructure and the prevalence of cost-benefit analysis and other cost-focused studies in the state from 2012 to 2018.

autonomous vehicles

Automobiles exact external costs in the form of congestion, crashes, emissions, and infrastructure degradation. In this analysis, Moore demonstrates how automation is opening the door for states to control these costs through vehicle miles traveled fees.

Statewide economic performance

In 2008 and 2009, the United States experienced the worst economic downturn in a century. In this economic analysis, Moore measures Ohio’s recovery from this downturn using diverse indicators such as personal consumption, inequality, and housework.

CHILD CARE

Child care markets are riddled with problems of information and spillovers and considerations of equity. In this problem analysis, Moore lays out these problems and potential options for improvement of the system.

ROAD FINANCING

The City of Columbus, Ohio is currently spending half the estimated cost of maintaining its road system. In this study, Moore analyzes alternative financing schemes for maintaining Columbus’s roads.

FOOD INSECURITY

Ohio has some of the highest rates of hunger in the country. In this policy analysis, Moore investigates the most cost-effective ways the state can reduce food insecurity.