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Measuring Contact between Children and Nonresident Fathers
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More Time, Less Crime? Estimating the Incapacitative Effect of Sentence Enhancements
(2009)Sentence enhancements may reduce crime both by deterring potential criminals and by incapacitating previous offenders, removing these possible recidivists from society for longer periods. I estimate the incapacitative ... -
Navigating the “New” Market: How Attitudes Towards Partner Characteristics Shape Union Formation
(2009)Trends in divorce and nonmarital childbearing suggest that the marriage market is increasingly filled with people who have been married and/or have children. This study examines the effect of personal attitudes on entrance ... -
Older adults place lower value on choice relative to young adults
(2009)Choice is highly valued in modern society, from the supermarket to the hospital; however, it remains unknown whether older and younger adults place the same value on increased choice. The current investigation tested whether ... -
Patient education and the impact of new medical research
(Elsevier, 2009)We examine the impact that medical research published in peer-reviewed journals has on the practice of medicine. We exploit the release of a recent New England Journal of Medicine article which demonstrated that the risks ... -
Planned Parenthood? Fertility Intentions and Experiences among Cohabiting Couples
(2009)Most research on nonmarital births focuses on disadvantaged populations. This study examined the childbearing expectations and experiences of a workingclass sample, drawing on in-depth interviews with 30 cohabiting ... -
Poverty
(W.E. UpJohn Institute for Employment Research, 2009) -
Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation:
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The Relationship between Auto Insurance Rate Regulation and Insured Loss Costs: An Empirical Analysis
(2009)This study points out a potential unintended effect of efforts to enhance affordability of insurance prices by regulating rates: It may ultimately lead to higher insurance costs. This is because rate regulation that ... -
The Role of Evaluation in Research-Practice Integration: Working Toward the "Golden Spike
(2009)Program evaluation and planning is at the heart of efforts to integrate the domains of practice and research. Traditionally, research and practice have operated in independent spheres with practitioners focused on the ... -
State Prescription Drug Policies, Cost Barriers and the Use of Acute Care Services by Medicaid Beneficiaries
(2009)This paper examines the relationship between Medicaid pharmacy benefit restrictions and reports of prescription cost barriers by beneficiaries, and the relationship between prescription cost barriers and hospitalizations. ... -
State Welfare Policies and Children’s Living Arrangements
(2009)Changes in welfare legislation throughout the 1990s attempted, among other things, to promote marriage and decrease single parenthood. However, little research considers how such policies influence children’s living ... -
The Timing of the Rise in U.S. Obesity Varies With Measure of Fatness
(Elsevier, 2009)There are several ways to measure fatness and obesity, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The primary measure for tracking the prevalence of obesity has historically been body mass index (BMI). This paper compares ... -
The timing of the rise in U.S. obesity varies with measure of fatness
(Elsevier, 2009)There are several ways to measure fatness and obesity, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The primary measure for tracking the prevalence of obesity has historically been body mass index (BMI). This paper compares ... -
Using a P90/P10 Ratio to Measure Inequality Trends with the Public Use Current Population Survey: A View from Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
(2009)The March Current Population Survey (CPS) is the primary data source for estimation of levels and trends in U.S. earnings and income inequality. However, time-inconsistency problems related to top coding lead many CPS ... -
Using Internal CPS Data to Reevaluate Trends in Labor-Earnings Gaps
(2009)The Current Population Survey provides data that are used to compare gaps in the labor earnings of women and men, people of different races, and people of different levels of education; this article presents a data series ... -
What Does It Cost Physician Practices to Interact With Health Insurance Plans?
(2009)Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the time they and their staffs spend interacting with health plans. However, little information exists about the extent of these interactions.We conducted a national ... -
Will the United States Have a Shortage of Physicians in 10 Years?
(2009)Researchers and other experts continue to debate whether the United States will have a shortage of physicians in the future and, if so, whether the government should act now to expand medical school capacity and ...
