Spring 2007 Working Papers

Poverty, Race, and Inequality

WP-07-01
The Correlates of Work in a Post-AFDC World: The Results from a Longitudinal State-Level Analysis
Dan A. Lewis, Spyros Konstantopoulos, and Lisa Altenbernd

WP-07-06
The Racial Geography of State "Child Protection"
Dorothy Roberts

Quantitative Methods for Policy Research

Center for Improving Methods for Quantitative Policy Research (Q-Center)

WP-07-02
Empirical Tests of the Validity of the Regression-Discontinuity Design
Thomas D. Cook and Vivian C. Wong

WP-07-03
"Waiting for Life to Arrive": A History of the Regression-Discontinuity Design in Psychology, Statistics, and Economics
Thomas D. Cook

WP-07-04
Computing Power of Tests for the Variability of Treatment Effects in Designs with Two Levels of Nesting
Spyros Konstantopoulos

WP-07-05
The Power of the Test in Three-Level Designs
Spyros Konstantopoulos

Politics, Institutions, and Public Policy

Communications, Media, and Public Opinion

WP-07-07
Public Opinion on Energy Policy, 1974-2006
Toby Bolsen and Fay Lomax Cook