Fall 1996 Working Papers

Poverty, Race, and Inequality

WP-96-21
The Effect of the 1996 Welfare Reforms
Rebecca M. Blank

WP-96-22
Initial Welfare Spells: Trends, Events, and Duration, with Implications for Welfare Reform
Johanne Boisjoly, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Greg J. Duncan

WP-96-23
Vim Will Win: Long-Run Effects of Motivation and Other "Noncognitive" Traits on Success
Greg J. Duncan, Rachel Dunifon, and Dave Knutson

WP-96-24
Personal Bankruptcy in the United States
Ian Domowitz

Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies

WP-96-25
Fathers' Activities and Children's Attainments
Greg J. Duncan, Martha Hill, and Jean Yeung

WP-96-26
Unintended Policy Impacts of Outcome-Based Measures in a New Era of Service Delivery: Examples from Preschool Immunization
Lynn Olson and Andrew Gordon

Educational Policy

WP-96-27
Changes in Tracking Policy in Japan: Unintended Consequences of Detracking Policy
Takehiko Kariya and James E. Rosenbaum

Law and Justice Studies

WP-96-28
Elite Networks Among Urban Lawyers
John P. Heinz, Edward O. Laumann, with Robert L. Nelson and Paul S. Schnorr

Business and Government

WP-96-29
The Impact of Changing State and Federal Roles on Local Governments
Donald Haider

WP-96-30
Regulation of Automated Trading Systems
Ian Domowitz and Ruben Lee

WP-96-31
Network Interpretations of Non-Market Bureaucracies: The Case of a State Children's Services Agency
Mark T. Shanley and Michel Lounsbury

Environmental Policy

WP-96-32
Bureaucratizing Democracy, Democratizing Bureaucracy
Wendy Nelson Espeland

WP-96-33
Mesa Verde and the Utes: Boundary Issues of a World Heritage Site
Paul Friesema

WP-96-34
New Models for Struggle: Environmental Decision Making Through Consensus
David N. Pellow

Communications, Media, and Public Opinion

WP-96-35
Print Media Support for Social Welfare Programs: The View from the Opinion Pages of the Elite Press
Fay Lomax Cook and Gretchen Caspary