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Health Inequality between Black and White Women
(2002)
The authors examine the inequality in health status between black
and white women and to explore the extent to which such
differences are associated with observed dissimilarities in
characteristics such as insurance ...
Is University of Wisconsin Education Becoming More Elite? A Partial Answer
(2009)
Family income does not affect whether the University of Wisconsin–Madison admits a student, an analysis of data from the university and census bureau finds, suggesting that family wealth does not privilege college freshmen ...
Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Work, Earnings, and Neighborhood Quality
(2008)
This analysis of the federal Section 8 housing voucher program finds that voucher recipients live in better neighborhoods within five years of receiving vouchers. The results also show that voucher receipt initially causes ...
Do Youth Nonmarital Childbearing Choices Reflect Expected Income and Relationship Consequences?
(2006)
The authors explore whether the perceptions unmarried,
adolescent females have about the consequences of choices they
make affect those choices and the teens' behavior. The analysis
considers expectations about ...
The Devil May Be in the Details: How the Characteristics of SCHIP Programs Affect Take-Up
(2003)
The paper explores
whether the specific design of a states Childrens Health
Insurance Program has contributed to its success in
meeting two objectivesnamely, whether the program has been successful in reducing the ...
Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD Revisited
(2008)
The authors look at a sample of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. They confirm and extend findings by other analysts in terms of implications for schooling, and they explore implications for human ...
SCHIP Expansion and Parental Coverage: An Evaluation of Wisconsin's BadgerCare
(2005)
In the wake of the expansion of Wisconsin's public
health-insurance program, this research explores the extent to
which a program like Wisconsin's BadgerCare reduces the
proportion of the low-income population without ...
The Sufficiency of Retirement Savings: A Comparison of Two Cohorts of Retired Workers at the Time of Retirement
(2006)
This paper compares the savings adequacy of two groups of
retirees, one of people who retired in 1980-81, the other of
people retiring 20 years after that. The results suggest that
single people and those with low ...
Universal Preschool: Much to Gain but Who Will Pay?
(2003)
This paper explores
ways to finance a preschool program that would be universally
available to all 4-year-olds in the country. Experts say that 4-year-olds have much to gain from a
stimulating and nurturing preschool
...
U.S. Health Care Reform: A Primer and an Assessment
(2010-08)
The authors examine the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. They describe the existing structure of the U.S. health-care system, identify its major weaknesses, describe the primary features introduced by ...