Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

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Volume 24, issue 4, 2005

Notes from the editor pp. 653-654

Maureen A. Pirog

The changing association between prenatal participation in WIC and birth outcomes in New York City pp. 661-685

Ted Joyce, Diane Gibson and Silvie Colman

The changing association between prenatal participation in WIC and birth outcomes in New York City: What does it mean? pp. 687-690

Marianne Bitler and Janet Currie

Interpreting the WIC debate pp. 691-701

Jens Ludwig and Matthew Miller

Poverty, food programs, and childhood obesity pp. 703-726

Sandra L. Hofferth and Sally Curtin

Morbid obesity and the transition from welfare to work pp. 727-743

John Cawley and Sheldon Danziger

Covenants with weak swords: ISO 14001 and facilities' environmental performance pp. 745-769

Matthew Potoski and Aseem Prakash

Can public policy deter smoking escalation among young adults? pp. 771-784

John Tauras

The effects of state R&D tax credits in stimulating private R&D expenditure: A cross-state empirical analysis pp. 785-802

Yonghong Wu

Optimal compensating wages for military personnel pp. 803-822

Scott Carrell and James West

The ethics of federal social program evaluation pp. 823-824

Richard P. Nathan

Toward a more public discussion of the ethics of federal social program evaluation pp. 824-846

Jan Blustein

The ethics of federal social program evaluation: A response to Jan Blustein pp. 846-848

Burt S. Barnow

To learn or not to learn pp. 848-849

Howard Rolston

Comments on Dr. Blustein's paper, “Toward a more public discussion of the ethics of federal social program evaluation” pp. 849-850

Peter Z. Schochet

Jan Blustein's response pp. 851-852

Jan Blustein

Interdisciplinarity and the teaching of public policy pp. 853-863

Rick Szostak

Using the Kaldor-Hicks tableau format for cost-benefit analysis and policy evaluation pp. 864-875

Kerry Krutilla

Private guns, public health pp. 877-880

Katherine Kaufer Christoffel

Politics, policy and organizations: Frontiers in the scientific study of bureaucracy pp. 880-882

Steven Kelman

Ms. Moffett's first year: Becoming a teacher in America; The trouble with ed schools pp. 882-884

Theodore R. Sizer

Catastrophe: Risk and response; Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed pp. 885-890

Jonathan B. Wiener

Volume 24, issue 3, 2005

Introduction to research articles pp. 481-484

Maureen A. Pirog

Can work alter welfare recipients' beliefs? pp. 485-498

Peter Gottschalk

The devil may be in the details: How the characteristics of SCHIP programs affect take-up pp. 499-522

Barbara Wolfe and Scott Scrivner

Participation in a national, means-tested school voucher program pp. 523-541

David E. Campbell, Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson

What do nonprofit organizations seek? (And why should policymakers care?) pp. 543-558

Arthur C. Brooks

Needle exchange programs and drug injection behavior pp. 559-577

Jeffrey DeSimone

Institutions and intellectual property: The influence of institutional forces on university patenting pp. 579-598

Yixin Dai, David Popp and Stuart Bretschneider

Will the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 strengthen the political system? pp. 599-600

Michael J. Malbin

Will BCRA strengthen the political system? Affirmative: BCRA is improving the political system pp. 600-603

Anthony Corrado

Will the BCRA strengthen the political system? Negative: BCRA is not improving the political system pp. 604-608

Raymond LaRaja

Response to LaRaja pp. 608-609

Anthony Corrado

Response to Corrado pp. 609-610

Raymond LaRaja

What's looks got to do with it? Instructor appearance and student evaluations of teaching pp. 611-620

Heather E. Campbell, Karen Gerdes and Sue Steiner

Statehouse and greenhouse: The emerging politics of American climate change policy; Regulation in the States pp. 621-624

Martha Derthick

Contemporary U.S. tax policy pp. 624-627

James Hines

Predictable surprises: The disasters you should have seen coming and how to prevent them pp. 627-629

John A. Stoop

Why smart executives fail, and what you can learn from their mistakes; State-building: Governance and world order in the 21st century; The art of the state: Culture, rhetoric, and public management pp. 629-638

Eugene B. McGregor

Volume 24, issue 2, 2005

Presidential address: “Complexifying” performance oversight in America's governments pp. 207-215

Richard P. Nathan

Notes from the editor; introduction to research articles pp. 217-222

Maureen A. Pirog

Assessing evidence of environmental inequities: A meta-analysis pp. 223-247

Evan J. Ringquist

Anti-depressants, suicide, and drug regulation pp. 249-272

Jens Ludwig and Dave Marcotte

Does the minimum wage affect welfare caseloads? pp. 273-295

Marianne Page, Joanne Spetz and Jane Millar

Does school accountability lead to improved student performance? pp. 297-327

Eric Hanushek and Margaret E. Raymond

Declining employment among young black less-educated men: The role of incarceration and child support pp. 329-350

Harry Holzer, Paul Offner and Elaine Sorensen

Student achievement in charter schools: A complex picture pp. 351-371

Richard Buddin and Ron Zimmer

Equity and information: Information regulation, environmental justice, and risks from toxic chemicals pp. 373-398

Marc D. Shapiro

Does it pay to move from welfare to work? A comment on Danziger, Heflin, Corcoran, Oltmans, and Wang pp. 399-409

Robert Moffitt and Katie Winder

Does it pay to move from welfare to work? Reply to Robert Moffitt and Katie Winder pp. 411-417

Sheldon Danziger and Hui-Chen Wang

Report from the trenches: The life of the apprentice budget analyst pp. 419-419

Eugene Bardach

Going undercover as a budget analyst pp. 420-424

Jennifer Kuhn

New York, New York: Lessons learned from the biggest local government pp. 424-428

David J. Levy

Game. Set. Budget pp. 428-433

Jennifer M. Forshey

Cell phone roulette and “consumer interactive” quality pp. 435-441

Peter Navarro

Taming the beast: Categorizing state welfare policies: A typology of welfare policies affecting recipient job entry pp. 443-460

Signe-Mary McKernan, Jen Bernstein and Lynne Fender

Inequality in America; Poor kids in a rich country pp. 461-463

Peter Gottschalk

Your money or your life: Strong medicine for America's health care system pp. 463-466

Judy Feder

Challenges to globalization: Analyzing the economics; Many globalizations: Cultural diversity in the contemporary world pp. 466-470

Frederick W. Mayer

Taming regulation; The economic dynamics of environmental law pp. 470-472

James T. Hamilton

Deliberation day pp. 472-476

Archon Fung

Volume 24, issue 1, 2005

Message from the new editor pp. 1-4

Maureen A. Pirog

How fair? Changes in federal income taxation and the distribution of income, 1978 to 1998 pp. 5-22

James Alm, Fitzroy Lee and Sally Wallace

Maternal employment and teenage childbearing: Evidence from the PSID pp. 23-46

Leonard M. Lopoo

Does whole-school reform boost student performance? The case of New York City pp. 47-72

Robert Bifulco, William Duncombe and John Yinger

Does WIC work? The effects of WIC on pregnancy and birth outcomes pp. 73-91

Marianne Bitler and Janet Currie

Parents, public policy, and youth smoking pp. 93-112

Lisa M. Powell and Frank Chaloupka

The draw of home: How teachers' preferences for proximity disadvantage urban schools pp. 113-132

Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb and James Wyckoff

Jobs or jails? The crime drop in Texas pp. 133-165

William Spelman

Should the federal government be involved in school accountability? pp. 167-168

Richard P. Nathan

Why the federal government should be involved in school accountability pp. 168-172

Eric Hanushek

Why the federal government should not be involved in school accountability pp. 172-177

Richard Rothstein

Rejoinder pp. 177-178

Eric Hanushek

Rejoinder pp. 178-178

Richard Rothstein

By the numbers: Assessing the nature of quantitative preparation in public policy, public administration, and public affairs doctoral education pp. 179-191

R. Karl Rethemeyer and Natalie C. Helbig

Public sector management in New Zealand: Lessons and challenges pp. 193-196

Helen Ladd

Cannabis use and dependence: Public health and public policy pp. 196-199

Mark A.R. Kleiman

From warfare to welfare pp. 200-202

Daniel H. Pink

The governance of not-for-profit organizations; The future of philanthropy: Economics, ethics, and management pp. 202-206

Michael Bisesi