Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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Volume 27, issue 4, 2008

Notes from the Editor pp. 717-718

Maureen A. Pirog

Introduction to the research articles pp. 719-723

Maureen A. Pirog

Three conditions under which experiments and observational studies produce comparable causal estimates: New findings from within-study comparisons pp. 724-750

Thomas D. Cook, William R. Shadish and Vivian C. Wong

Ranking state fiscal structures using theory and evidence pp. 751-770

Neil Bania and Joe Stone

In-state tuition for the undocumented: Education effects on Mexican young adults pp. 771-792

Neeraj Kaushal

The narrowing gap in New York City teacher qualifications and its implications for student achievement in high-poverty schools pp. 793-818

Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Jonah Rockoff and James Wyckoff

Compensation rules for climate policy in the electricity sector pp. 819-847

Dallas Burtraw and Karen Palmer

Minimum wages and the economic well-being of single mothers pp. 848-866

Joseph J. Sabia

Do social policy reforms have different impacts on employment and welfare use as economic conditions change? pp. 867-894

Chris M. Herbst

Does housing matter for poor families? A critical summary of research and issues still to be resolved pp. 895-925

Sandra J. Newman

Can government-sponsored evaluations be independent? pp. 926-926

Richard P. Nathan

Threats to independence and objectivity of government-supported evaluation and policy research pp. 927-934

Charles E. Metcalf

Can government-supported evaluation and policy research be independent? pp. 934-941

David A. Reingold

David A. Reingold's response to Charles E. Metcalf pp. 942-943

David A. Reingold

Charles E. Metcalf's response to David A. Reingold pp. 943-944

Charles E. Metcalf

Professional practice pp. 945-945

Richard P. Nathan

Does more (or even better) information lead to better budgeting? A new perspective pp. 945-960

Philip G. Joyce

Better information is needed to make better federal budget decisions pp. 960-962

Kenneth Apfel

Federal fiscal problems are structural and immune to repairs of budgeting processes pp. 962-965

Donald W. Moran

Federal budget decisions are bad because it is much harder to make good choices pp. 965-967

Rudolph G. Penner

Federal budgeting: When do the electoral and analytic imperatives meet? pp. 967-970

Paul Posner

The federal budget: The erosion of bipartisan fiscal discipline pp. 970-972

Alice Rivlin

Policy analysis can inform federal budget choices, but only if there is political will pp. 972-975

Philip G. Joyce

The 2006 Park City APPAM spring conference (IV) pp. 976-977

Michael O'Hare

Law, ethics, and craft skills pp. 977-982

Eric Jensen

Discussion report: Law, ethics, and craft skills pp. 983-992

Roland J. Cole

Practitioners' roles, internships, and practicum courses in public policy and management education pp. 992-1003

Robert Garris, Janice Madden and William M. Rodgers

Discussion report: Practitioners in the degree program pp. 1004-1008

Kenneth Apfel

Undergraduate and doctoral education in public policy: What? Why? Why not? Whereto? pp. 1009-1026

Joseph Cordes, Dylan Conger, Helen Ladd and Michael Luger

Discussion report: The “bookends”: The policy Ph.D. and the bachelor's degrees pp. 1027-1030

Joseph Cordes and Dylan Conger

Pedagogy for policy analysis and management pp. 1030-1044

Michael O'Hare

Discussion report: Pedagogy for policy analysis and management pp. 1045-1049

Michael Lipsky

Managing Within Networks: Adding Value to Public Organizations, by Robert Agranoff. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007, 274 pp., $26.95, paperback pp. 1050-1053

Hal G. Rainey

Volume 27, issue 3, 2008

Introduction to the research articles pp. 453-456

Maureen A. Pirog

A strategic response to class size reduction: Combination classes and student achievement in California pp. 457-478

David Sims

Marriage patterns among unwed mothers: Before and after PRWORA pp. 479-497

Deborah Roempke Graefe and Daniel Lichter

The effects of an employer subsidy on employment outcomes: A study of the work opportunity and welfare-to-work tax credits pp. 498-520

Sarah Hamersma

Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of success in adult education programs: Evidence from experimental data with low-income welfare recipients pp. 521-535

Lindsey Jeanne Leininger and Ariel Kalil

Causes of Urban Sprawl in the United States: Auto reliance as compared to natural evolution, flight from blight, and local revenue reliance pp. 536-555

Robert Wassmer

Do Job Corps performance measures track program impacts? pp. 556-576

Peter Z. Schochet and John A. Burghardt

The dynamics of poverty in the United States: A review of data, methods, and findings pp. 577-605

Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline Ratcliffe

The role of random assignment in social policy research pp. 606-606

Richard P. Nathan

Nathan response to Robinson Hollister's opening statement pp. 607-610

Richard P. Nathan

Hollister response to Richard Nathan's opening statement pp. 611-615

Robinson Hollister

The 2006 Park City APPAM spring conference (III) pp. 616-616

Michael O'Hare

Discussion report: Do we try to teach our students too much? pp. 617-624

John Mendeloff

Public management, politics, and the policy process in the public affairs curriculum pp. 624-635

Jeffrey D. Straussman

Discussion report: Process, politics, and management in the curriculum pp. 635-640

Beryl A. Radin

Quantitative methods, economics, and or models pp. 640-669

Anand Desai

Discussion report: Quantitative methods, statistics, and or models pp. 670-675

Marvin B. Mandell

Conflict resolution, alternative dispute techniques, and modes of consensus building pp. 676-682

Alice Rivlin

Discussion report: Conflict resolution, alternative dispute techniques, and modes of consensus building pp. 683-686

Judy Feder and Astrid E. Merget

The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics, by David L. Kirp, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 333 pp., $26.95 hardcover pp. 687-690

Jane Waldfogel

Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State, by David G. Frederickson and H. George Frederickson, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2006, 218 pp., $26.95 paper pp. 690-692

John D. Donahue

Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control, by Philip J. Cook, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007, 278 pp., $35 hardcover pp. 692-695

Mark A. R. Kleiman

Volume 27, issue 2, 2008

Notes from the Editor pp. 227-228

Maureen A. Pirog

Introduction to the research articles pp. 229-232

Maureen A. Pirog

Presidential address: How to improve poverty measurement in the United States pp. 233-254

Rebecca Blank

Impacts of abstinence education on teen sexual activity, risk of pregnancy, and risk of sexually transmitted diseases pp. 255-276

Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Kenneth Fortson, Melissa Clark, Lisa Quay and Justin Wheeler

Reassessing the WIC effect: Evidence from the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System pp. 277-303

Ted Joyce, Andrew Racine and Cristina Yunzal-Butler

Does homeownership counseling affect the prepayment and default behavior of affordable mortgage borrowers? pp. 304-325

Roberto Quercia and Jonathan Spader

Does the public sector outperform the nonprofit and for-profit sectors? Evidence from a national panel study on nursing home quality and access pp. 326-353

Anna A. Amirkhanyan, Hyun Joon Kim and Kristina T. Lambright

Welfare and child support: Complements, not substitutes pp. 354-375

Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Emma Caspar

Vertical equity consequences of very high cigarette tax increases: If the poor are the ones smoking, how could cigarette tax increases be progressive? pp. 376-400

Gregory Colman and Dahlia K. Remler

The role of random assignment in social policy research pp. 401-415

Richard P. Nathan

The 2006 Park City APPAM spring conference (II) pp. 416-417

Michael O'Hare

Demand for masters of public policy in public service pp. 417-433

Angela M. Evans

Discussion session: Demand for masters of public policy in public service pp. 434-437

Erik A. Devereux

Managing the enterprise: Challenges facing public policy and management school leadership pp. 438-445

Sandra O. Archibald

Discussion session: Managing the enterprise pp. 446-448

Michael Nacht

Moderating the Debate: Rationality and the Promise of American Education, by Michael J. Feuer, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2006, 131 pp., $24.95, paperback pp. 449-452

Anand Desai

Volume 27, issue 1, 2008

Notes from the editor pp. 1-1

Maureen A. Pirog

Introduction to research articles pp. 2-6

Maureen A. Pirog

Debt, democratization, and development in Latin America: How policy can affect global warming pp. 7-19

René W. Aubourg, David H. Good and Kerry Krutilla

Lowering blood alcohol content levels to save lives: The European experience pp. 20-39

Daniel Albalate

Reconciliation of income and consumption data in poverty measurement pp. 40-62

Richard Bavier

The relationship between income and material hardship pp. 63-81

James Sullivan, Lesley Turner and Sheldon Danziger

Direct certification in the national school lunch program expands access for children pp. 82-103

Philip Gleason

The negative impacts of starting middle school in sixth grade pp. 104-121

Philip J Cook, Robert MacCoun, Clara Muschkin and Jacob Vigdor

An effectiveness-based evaluation of five state pre-kindergarten programs pp. 122-154

Vivian C. Wong, Thomas D. Cook, W. Barnett and Kwanghee Jung

Mental health and substance abuse insurance parity for federal employees: How did health plans respond? pp. 155-170

Colleen L. Barry and M. Susan Ridgely

The 2006 park city appam spring conference pp. 171-171

Michael O'Hare

Challenges to public policy and public management education pp. 172-187

John W. Ellwood

MPP programs emerging around the world19 pp. 187-204

Iris Geva-May, Greta Nasi, Alex Turrini and Claudia Scott

Public policy education goes global: A multi-dimensional challenge pp. 205-214

Scott A. Fritzen

The Foundation: A Great American Secret, by Joel L. Fleishman, New York: Public Affairs, 2007, xxiv + 357 pp., $27.95, hardback pp. 215-218

Peter Frumkin

Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency, by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 282 pp., $28.00, hardcover pp. 218-221

Lisa Blomgren Bingham

Public Management: Old and New, by Laurence E. Lynn Jr., New York|London: Routledge, 2006, 210 pp., $35.95, paperback pp. 222-225

Theo Toonen