Spring 1997 Working Papers

Poverty, Race, and Inequality

WP-97-01
Does Immigration Hurt African-American Self-Employment?
By Robert W. Fairlie and Bruce D. Meyer

WP-97-02
Political Support for Targeted versus Universalistic Welfare Policies
By Karl Ove Moene and Michael Wallerstein

Joint Center for Poverty Research Working Papers

WP-97-03
Time Limits and Welfare Reform: New Estimates of the Number and Characteristics of Affected Families
By Greg J. Duncan, Kathleen Mullan Harris, and Johanne Boisjoly

WP-97-04
The Effects of Violence on Women's Employment
By Susan Lloyd

WP-97-05
Economic Impacts of Subsidized Housing Location
Michael P. Johnson and Arthur P. Hurter

WP-97-06
Trouble for Workers and the Poor: Economic Globalization and the Reshaping of American Politics
By Benjamin I. Page

Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies

WP-97-07
Staying Out of Trouble: Neighborhood Influences on Adolescent Problem Behavior
By Lori Kowaleski-Jones

Educational Policy

WP-97-08
"I Don't Want Your Nasty Pot of Gold": Urban School Climate and Public Policy
By Charles M. Payne

WP-97-09
Creation and Maintenance of Effective School-Work Linkages: Implications for Systemic Reform
By Stephanie Alter Jones and James E. Rosenbaum

Communications, Media, and Public Opinion

WP-97-10
Public Support for Social Welfare Programs, 1984-1996: Description and Explanation
By Fay Lomax Cook and Jason Barabas

WP-97-11
The Funding Perils of Public Broadcasting
By Craig L. LaMay and Burton A. Weisbrod

WP-97-12
Does Media Ownership Affect Media Stands? The Case of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
By James H. Snider and Bejamin I. Page

WP-97-13
When Morality and Economics Collide (or Not) in a Texas Community
By Dennis Chong and Anna-Maria Marshall

Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations

WP-97-14
Conversion from Nonprofit to For-Profit Legal Status: Why Does It Happen and Should We Care?
By John H. Goddeeris and Burton A. Weisbrod

WP-97-15
Differential Taxation of Nonprofits and the Commercialization of Nonprofit Revenues
By Joseph J. Cordes and Burton A. Weisbrod

Law and Justice Studies

WP-97-16
Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, the Institutional Construction of Markets, and Unequal Pay for Women
By Robert L. Nelson and William P. Bridges

Business and Government

WP-97-17
Electoral Coalitions and Market Reforms: Evidence from Argentina
By Edward L. Gibson and Ernesto Calvo