2008 Working Papers

Education Policy

WP-08-07
Permeability and Transparency in the High School-College Transition
Jennifer L. Stephan and James E. Rosenbaum

Quantitative Methods for Policy Research (Q-Center)

WP-08-10
When Do Latent Class Models Overstate Accuracy for Binary Classifiers? With
Applications to Jury Accuracy, Survey Response Error, and Diagnostic Error
Bruce D. Spencer

Politics, Institutions, and Public Policy

WP-08-08
Can Electoral Laws Increase Women's Representation?
Andrew Roberts and Jason Seawright

WP-08-11
Competitive Lending with Partial Knowledge of Loan Repayment
William Brock and Charles F. Manski

Communications, Media, and Public Opinion

WP-08-03
Public Opinion and Social Insurance: The American Experience
Fay Lomax Cook and Meredith B. Czaplewski

Social Disparities and Health (C2S: Cells to Society)

WP-08-01
The Embodiment of Race: Health Disparities in the Age of Epigenetics
Christopher Kuzawa and Elizabeth Sweet

Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations

WP-08-04
Donations and the Pursuit of Mission in Higher Education
Burton Weisbrod, Jeffrey Ballou, and Evelyn Asch

WP-08-09
Public-Goods Provision in the Hospital Industry: Does Ownership Form Affect Provision of Charity Care, Research, and Education?
Burton A. Weisbrod

Health Policy

WP-08-02
Measuring Change in the Markets for Brand-Name and Generic Drugs, 1970-2004
Burton A. Weisbrod

Poverty, Race, and Inequality

WP-08-06
The Social and Economic Context of Black Women Living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.: Implications for Research
Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Labor Markets and Employment

WP-08-05
Labor-Market Fluctuations and On-the-Job Search
Éva Nagypál