Public Finance and Regulation

Matters of Life and Death: The Durability of Discretionary Programs 1970–2004
Christopher
R.
Berry
Barry
C.
Burden
William
G.
Howell
January 2007
The Community Reinvestment Act: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Christopher
R.
Berry
Sarah
L.
Lee
November 2006
The Incidence of Tax Credits for Hybrid Vehicles
James
M.
Sallee
January 2008
Using Loopholes to Reveal the Marginal Cost of Regulation: The Case of Fuel-Economy Standards
Soren
T.
Anderson
James
M.
Sallee
January 2009
The Fiscal Consequences of Electoral Institutions
Christopher
R.
Berry
Jacob
E.
Gersen
May 2007
Piling On: Overlapping Jurisdictions & the Fiscal Common-Pool
Christopher
R.
Berry
June 2008
The Jackie (and Jill) Robinson Effect: Why Do Congresswomen Outperform Congressmen?
Sarah
Anzia
Christopher
R.
Berry
August 2009
Accountability and Local Elections: Rethinking Retrospective Voting
Christopher
R.
Berry
William
G.
Howell
December 2005
The Effects of the EITC and Recent Reforms
Bruce
D.
Meyer
December 2009
School Finance Judgments and Spending on Education: A Review of the Evidence
Christopher
R.
Berry
October 2005

Methods

Indicators and the Federal Statistical System: An Essential but Fraught Partnership
Norman
M.
Bradburn
Carolyn
J.E.
Fuqua
March 2010
QRE, NSNX and the Paradox of Voting
Howard
Margolis
December 2007
Design Priorities and Disciplinary Perspectives: The Case of the US National Children's Study
Robert
T.
Michael
Colm
O'Muircheartaigh
November 2006
Undermining the National Children's Study: A Comment on Savitz & Ness' Commentary
Robert
T.
Michael
Colm
O'Muircheartaigh
July 2010
Using Two-Sample Methods to Correct for Reporting Bias in Surveys
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
December 2008

Children and Families

Design Priorities and Disciplinary Perspectives: The Case of the US National Children's Study
Robert
T.
Michael
Colm
O'Muircheartaigh
November 2006
Undermining the National Children's Study: A Comment on Savitz & Ness' Commentary
Robert
T.
Michael
Colm
O'Muircheartaigh
July 2010
Reading and Math Skills in the British NCDS
Robert
T.
Michael
August 2011
The Effect of Computer Use on Child Outcomes
Ofer
Malamud
Cristian
Pop-Eleches
January 2010
Is Parental Love Colorblind? Allocation of Resources within Mixed Families
Marcos
A.
Rangel
June 2007
Five Decades of Consumption and Income Poverty
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
July 2010

Education

Growing Pains: The School Consolidation Movement and Student Outcomes
Christopher
R.
Berry
Martin
West
January 2007
Discovering One's Talent: Learning from Academic Specialization
Ofer
Malamud
October 2007
Breadth vs. Depth: The Timing of Specialization in Higher Education
Ofer
Malamud
October 2007
School Finance Judgments and Spending on Education: A Review of the Evidence
Christopher
R.
Berry
October 2005
The Impact of College Graduation on Geographic Mobility: Identifying Education Using Multiple Components of Vietnam Draft Risk
Ofer
Malamud
Abigail
Wozniak
March 2008
General Education vs. Vocational Training: Evidence from an Economy in Transition
Ofer
Malamud
Cristian
Pop-Eleches
May 2008
The Impact of Legalized Abortion on High School Graduation Through Selection and Composition
Stephan
Whitaker
December 2008
School Consolidation and Inequality
Christopher
R.
Berry
September 2006
School Tracking and Access to Higher Education Among Disadvantaged Groups
Ofer
Malamud
Cristian
Pop-Eleches
May 2008

Poverty and Inequality

Five Decades of Consumption and Income Poverty
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
July 2010
Reporting Bias in Studies of the Food Stamp Program
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
October 2007
The Under-Reporting of Transfers in Household Surveys: Its Nature and Consequences
Bruce
D.
Meyer
Wallace
K.C.
Mok
James
X.
Sullivan
July 2009
Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Unemployment Insurance from New York State
Bruce
D.
Meyer
Wallace
K.C.
Mok
January 2007
Do In-Kind Transfers Affect Health? Evidence from the Food Stamp Program
Lauren
Hersch
Nicholas
December 2009
Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, and the Safety Net
Daniel
G.
Schroeder
May 2007
Further Results on Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
July 2010
Food Subsidies for Child Care Providers: Correlates of Program Participation and Child Outcomes
Rachel
A.
Gordon
Robert
Kaestner
Sanders
Korenman
December 2009
Consumption Reponses to In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Introduction of the Food Stamp Program
Hilary
W.
Hoynes
Diane
Whitmore
Schanzenbach
March 2007
Reading and Math Skills in the British NCDS
Robert
T.
Michael
August 2011
Female Offenders Use of Social Welfare Programs Before and After Jail and Prison: Does Prison Cause Welfare Dependency?
Kristin
F.
Butcher
Robert
J.
LaLonde
November 2006
Consumption and Income Poverty over the Business Cycle
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
June 2010
The Effects of the EITC and Recent Reforms
Bruce
D.
Meyer
December 2009
Speech Patterns and Racial Wage Inequality
Jeffrey
Grogger
September 2009
Consumption and Income Poverty for those 65 and Over
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
September 2007
Wellbeing of Citizen Children of Immigrants in Relation to Food Stamps and WIC, 1998-2005
Mariana
Chilton
March 2007
Using Two-Sample Methods to Correct for Reporting Bias in Surveys
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
December 2008
Is Parental Love Colorblind? Allocation of Resources within Mixed Families
Marcos
A.
Rangel
June 2007
Trends in Income Volatility and Food Insufficiency Among U.S. Households: The Effects of Imputed Income in the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Molly
Dahl
Thomas
DeLeire
Shannon
Mok
January 2010
The Community Reinvestment Act: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Christopher
R.
Berry
Sarah
L.
Lee
November 2006
Why Do So Few Elderly Use Food Stamps?
April
Yanyuan
Wu
October 2009
The U.S. Earned Income Tax Credit, its Effects, and Possible Reforms
Bruce
D.
Meyer
August 2007

American Political Economy

The Fiscal Consequences of Electoral Institutions
Christopher
R.
Berry
Jacob
E.
Gersen
May 2007
Piling On: Overlapping Jurisdictions & the Fiscal Common-Pool
Christopher
R.
Berry
June 2008
Accountability and Local Elections: Rethinking Retrospective Voting
Christopher
R.
Berry
William
G.
Howell
December 2005
The Jackie (and Jill) Robinson Effect: Why Do Congresswomen Outperform Congressmen?
Sarah
Anzia
Christopher
R.
Berry
August 2009
Matters of Life and Death: The Durability of Discretionary Programs 1970–2004
Christopher
R.
Berry
Barry
C.
Burden
William
G.
Howell
January 2007
Ideologues or Pragmatists?
Ethan
Bueno de Mesquita
Amanda
Friedenberg
March 2009
School Consolidation and Inequality
Christopher
R.
Berry
September 2006
The President and the Distribution of Federal Spending
Christopher
R.
Berry
Barry
C.
Burden
William
G.
Howell
February 2009
Voting for the President: The Supreme Court During War
William
G.
Howell
Faisal
Z.
Ahmed
June 2011
Growing Pains: The School Consolidation Movement and Student Outcomes
Christopher
R.
Berry
Martin
West
January 2007
Inter-Branch Bargaining over Policies with Multiple Outcomes
William
G.
Howell
Saul
P.
Jackman
June 2011
QRE, NSNX and the Paradox of Voting
Howard
Margolis
December 2007
A Bridge to Somewhere: Mapping State and Congressional Ideology on a Cross-Institutional Common Space
Boris
Shor
Christopher
R.
Berry
Nolan
McCarty
May 2008

Judgment and Decision-Making

On Shakespeare and Reasonable Doubt
Howard
Margolis
April 2008
A Note on 'Neglect Defaulting'
Howard
Margolis
April 2008

Comparative Government

Inter-Branch Bargaining over Policies with Multiple Outcomes
William
G.
Howell
Saul
P.
Jackman
June 2011
A Bridge to Somewhere: Mapping State and Congressional Ideology on a Cross-Institutional Common Space
Boris
Shor
Christopher
R.
Berry
Nolan
McCarty
May 2008
Stronger Bridges: Putting Congress and State Legislatures in Common Ideological Space
Boris
Shor
September 2008
Voting for the President: The Supreme Court During War
William
G.
Howell
Faisal
Z.
Ahmed
June 2011

Social Policy

The Impact of Legalized Abortion on High School Graduation Through Selection and Composition
Stephan
Whitaker
December 2008
Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Unemployment Insurance from New York State
Bruce
D.
Meyer
Wallace
K.C.
Mok
January 2007
The Community Reinvestment Act: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Christopher
R.
Berry
Sarah
L.
Lee
November 2006

Government and Public Management

School Consolidation and Inequality
Christopher
R.
Berry
September 2006
Voting for the President: The Supreme Court During War
William
G.
Howell
Faisal
Z.
Ahmed
June 2011
Growing Pains: The School Consolidation Movement and Student Outcomes
Christopher
R.
Berry
Martin
West
January 2007
Direct Democracy and Redistribution
Christopher
R.
Berry
March 2009
The Fiscal Consequences of Electoral Institutions
Christopher
R.
Berry
Jacob
E.
Gersen
May 2007
Piling On: Overlapping Jurisdictions & the Fiscal Common-Pool
Christopher
R.
Berry
June 2008
The Unbundled Executive
Christopher
R.
Berry
Jacob
E.
Gersen
March 2008
Inter-Branch Bargaining over Policies with Multiple Outcomes
William
G.
Howell
Saul
P.
Jackman
June 2011
Accountability and Local Elections: Rethinking Retrospective Voting
Christopher
R.
Berry
William
G.
Howell
December 2005
New Public Management Comes to America
Laurence
E.
Lynn, Jr.
January 2006
Matters of Life and Death: The Durability of Discretionary Programs 1970–2004
Christopher
R.
Berry
Barry
C.
Burden
William
G.
Howell
January 2007
Indicators and the Federal Statistical System: An Essential but Fraught Partnership
Norman
M.
Bradburn
Carolyn
J.E.
Fuqua
March 2010
The President and the Distribution of Federal Spending
Christopher
R.
Berry
Barry
C.
Burden
William
G.
Howell
February 2009

Labor and Employment

Job Security Legislation and Job Duration: Evidence From the UK
Ioana
Marinescu
January 2008
Consumption and Income Poverty over the Business Cycle
Bruce
D.
Meyer
James
X.
Sullivan
June 2010
Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from UK Employment Tribunals
Ioana
Marinescu
February 2007
Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Unemployment Insurance from New York State
Bruce
D.
Meyer
Wallace
K.C.
Mok
January 2007
Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, and the Safety Net
Daniel
G.
Schroeder
May 2007

Environment

The Incidence of Tax Credits for Hybrid Vehicles
James
M.
Sallee
January 2008
Using Loopholes to Reveal the Marginal Cost of Regulation: The Case of Fuel-Economy Standards
Soren
T.
Anderson
James
M.
Sallee
January 2009

Economics

The Effects of the EITC and Recent Reforms
Bruce
D.
Meyer
December 2009
Are Judges Sensitive to Economic Conditions? Evidence from UK Employment Tribunals
Ioana
Marinescu
February 2007
Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Unemployment Insurance from New York State
Bruce
D.
Meyer
Wallace
K.C.
Mok
January 2007
Job Security Legislation and Job Duration: Evidence From the UK
Ioana
Marinescu
January 2008

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