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The relationship between income inequality and economic growth in OECD countries, including South Korea
Does a little help always go a long way: A look at the impact of aid on growth
 
The effect of foreign aid on economic growth and corruption in 67 developing countries
The major determinants of child health outcomes in Ethiopia: Evidence of regional, religious and ethnic inequity as well as the result of general health inputs?
 
The impact of microfinance on schooling decisions: Evidence from Hyderabad, India
Trends in condom use: The association in Malawi of condom use with AIDS knowledge and the relationship to the global gag rule
 
Improving school readiness in low-income children: The effect of public child care subsidies on early cognitive achievement
The effect of immigration on volunteer status: Developing social capital in heterogeneous communities
 
The effect of age on workers' Social Security retirement plans
Achieving environmental justice: Applying civil rights strategies to environmental justice
 
Black churches and faith-based initiatives: Are there holes in the wall of separation of church and state?
Active citizenship via personal expression: Building civic youth identity in community after school art programs
 
Doctors killing patients: The societal risks of legalizing physician-assisted suicide in the United States
Temporary protected status for El Salvador: Far from temporary
 
Evaluating the success of Medicare Part D and its impact on Medicare beneficiaries
Facebook, Twitter and Barack Obama: New media and the 2008 presidential elections
 
To cover individuals or families? Families with multiple sources of insurance and access to care
Does democracy influence the export of terrorism?
 
Millennial generation volunteerism
Immigration and crime rates in Japan: Does an increase in foreign-born people threaten Japanese public safety?
 
Women and terrorism: How does the treatment of women affect rates of terrorism?
Cognitive stimulation: Does it mediate or moderate the relationship between income and school readiness?
 
Gender and environmental treaties: Is female empowerment the key to environmental protection?
Why do larger public housing agencies have longer wait times? Understanding applicant duration on the waitlist
 
The effect of inclusionary zoning on the housing market: Evidence from California
Participation of low-income immigrants in the Women, Infants, and Children program
 
The optimal employer-sponsored insurance wellness program premium discount rate: Achieving the equilibrium between participant enrollment and non-participant insurance drop-out
Does education encourage the ABCs: Abstain, be faithful and condomize? A study of determinants of HIV/AIDS infections among Cape Town youth from 2002-2006
 
Pentecostalism and social development: A cross-national study of the impact of Pentecostals on child mortality in less developed countries
Influences on lobbying: Has the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 affected the industry?
 
Food security in Thailand: Hunger in the midst of plenty
Determinants of individual HIV/AIDS knowledge among women in Swaziland: An analysis of individual, household, and community characteristics in 2007
 
Micro-finance and inclusive financial systems in Latin America
Has universal primary education improved school enrollment of AIDS orphans? A study of the Kagera region of Tanzania from 1994--2004
 
Do parents' attitudes toward risk influence juvenile violence?
Exploring the relationship between adolescent substance use and academic outcomes
 
Doing well by doing good: The empirical relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance
Usury revisited: Can state regulation of payday lending reduce bankruptcy rates?
 
Informing development: Mobile telephony, governments, and local stakeholders in Africa
Does the Internet reinforce America's partisan divide?
 
An investment in public safety: Do DHS Assistance to Firefighters Grants lead to a reduction in first responder injury rates?
Why did the South Korean won depreciate against the US dollar in the recent economic crisis and the Asian financial crisis 1997/1998? Won-dollar exchange rate movements and the role of capital flows
 
The impact of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme in rural China: Do those who live far from a medical facility benefit more from NCMS participation?
Is health status related to enrollment in high deductible health plans and tax-advantaged savings accounts?
 
A comparative analysis of trading blocs of equal and unequal partners: Does playing with the big guys pay off?
Measuring the policy impact upon carbon dioxide emissions of OECD member states
 
The effect of reservations on caste persistence in India
Advocacy, abortion and public policy: Towards a better understanding of the determinants of abortion in the aggregate
 
The impact of maternal mental health on parenting quality and child outcomes in Early Head Start
The burden of Part D: Does the Medicare drug benefit affect the percentage of income senior citizens spend out-of-pocket?
 
A comparison of the use of preventive health services for diabetics: Canada and the United States
The determinants of total factor productivity growth in Korea and Singapore: Moving from perspiration to inspiration
 
A study of minimum competency exams and earning a secondary school credential
Will children be asked to work more and learn less? The impact of agrarian incomes on education in Tanzania
 
The reintegration of female child soldiers into society: Fact and fiction
Between the farm and the dinner table: The impact of farm share on body mass index in the United States of America
 
Managing chaos, 140 characters at a time: How the usage of social media in the 2010 Haiti crisis enhanced disaster relief
Moving beyond awareness: Ni Una Mas and approaches to the problem of femicide in Ciudad Juarez
 
Social networking websites and voter turnout
Hacia una estrategia integrada de promocion de las exportaciones en Uruguay
 
The summer gap: What replaces the school day and how does it widen literacy achievement disparities in the fall?
Private security contractors in the War on Terrorism: Men of honor or dogs of war?
 
From Mujahideen to mainstream: The evolution of Hezbollah
Political transnationalism and assimilation: A case study of Dominican and Mexican immigrants
 
The use of information: How new technology is changing discussions of privacy
Justice for juveniles? How funding affects the delinquency outcomes for juvenile justice reforms
 
The effect of gas price changes on fuel efficient vehicle sales for the period January, 2002 through June, 2009
Separating, but equal? Resegregation in newly unitary school districts
 
Why municipalities enact ordinances that criminalize sleeping and camping in public places
Minding the gap: Determinants of global gender inequality, a cross-sectional and longitudinal study
 
Human development and government effectiveness
Until public opinion do us part: An examination of race and religion in the formation of public opinion about same-sex marriage
 
More work or more freedom: The effect of oportunidades on participating mothers
Charm offensive: Gauging global public opinion on China's rise
 
Does public investment reduce poverty?: The Peruvian case (2004--2008)
Analisis de la descentralizacion fiscal en Bolivia
 
Mecanismos de coordinacion e incentivos financieros en politicas publicas Implementacion del Programa Nacional de Fortalecimiento de la Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF) en Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Behavior detection as a commercial aviation security measure: Prospects and obstacles
 
"Bush v. Gore": The equal protection clause and voting rights in the United States
No room for abridgment: An enlightenment era reappraisal of the First Amendment and campus hate speech
 
Social innovation: New solutions to social problems
Aid and the African dilemma: The effect of foreign aid on human development in Africa
 
The effects of revenue decoupling on state-level gains in demand-side energy efficiency
Exploring household microfinance decisions: An econometric assessment for the case of Ghana
 
Does employment protection legislation hinder youth employment in OECD countries?
Foreign direct investment: Does access to civil justice matter?
 
Wage losses for displaced workers in the U.S.: What portion can be explained by the loss of union status?
The role of intellectual property rights and absorptive capacity in international clean technology transfer: Within the CDM and beyond
 
Confidence in medical services and immunization against tuberculosis in India
Trade, politics and economic development---Exploring the relevance of the trade-growth link in selected developing countries between 1996 and 2006
 
The Help America Vote Act in the 2006 general election: Provisional ballots and overvoting
Unlocking the American dream: Exploring intergenerational social mobility and the persistence of economic status in the United States
 
Homeownership and its effects on volunteering: A comparison across communities
Demand for green jobs
 
Does cohesion funding work? Evaluating the employment effects of Objective 1 funding under the European Union's cohesion policy
Enabling social enterprise through regulatory innovation: A case study from the United Kingdom
 
Broadband use and civic engagement
The diffusion of advanced medical imaging scanners and health care expenditures: A cross-national OECD panel study (1990-2008)
 
Countering the next generation of terrorists: Rule of law and long-term counterterrorism strategy
Community reinvestment after financial modernization an analysis of small business lending
 
Maternal education and household decisions regarding children's primary school enrollment: Evidence of female empowerment in Pakistan
How is genocide possible? The effects of poverty and other economic factors on the onset of genocide
 
Rethinking remediation: How does remedial coursework relate to high school dropout behavior?
Economic sanctions and primary school enrollment in Iraq
 
Publicly funded electoral systems effect on state legislatures' incumbency turnover
Horizontal merger enforcement under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: Political and economic factors affecting enforcement at the FTC and DOJ
 
The influence of trust in government and beliefs about nature on Europeans' opinions about genetically modified food
Political ideology and individual-level attitudes towards immigration in the European Union: Evidence from the European Values Study, 2008/2009
 
The relationship between teacher training programs and teacher perceptions of student apathy
Exploring the political economy of diverging private savings patterns in selected transition economies
 
Till death do us part: Explaining the roots of child marriage
The effect of virtual bidding on forward premiums in the New York wholesale energy market
 
Should have? Could have? Would have? The role of electoral pressures in banking crises
Does public research and development funding stimulate additional private research and development spending?
 
Integrated child development services scheme: Impact of water quality on child malnutrition in India
Political participation in the internet age
 
Education imperatives: The effect of compulsory education on democracy
Social and financial supports: The effect on saving in individual development accounts
 
The effect of state renewable portfolio standards on consumer participation in green pricing programs
The socio-demographic determinants of water quality concern in the United States
 
Does regulating greenhouse gas emissions lead to outsourcing? An empirical study of the pollution haven theory
El otro hueco comercial: Corruption and the misreporting of exports in Latin American economies
 
Unequal opportunities and development: measuring access to basic goods and services in Honduras
The impact of state R&D tax credits in an economic downturn
 
The effects of AGOA on trade and foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa
Tourism development in Cancun, Mexico: An analysis of state-directed tourism initiatives in a developing nation
 
The influence of political and demographic factors on congressional earmark awards
Municipal participation in environmental agreements
 
Determinants of utilization of reproductive health care services in India: Involving men in maternal health
The effects of tax salience on the size of public pension programs
 
No time to thrive: Armed conflict and early language and cognitive development in Ethiopia and Peru
Estimating the incumbency benefits of women in close congressional elections
 
When the tiger changes, the dragon rises: Did foreign bank entry improve credit access for China's small and medium-sized enterprises?
Term limits and tokenism: Increasing female representation in state legislatures
 
Combating nuclear trafficking in the former Soviet Union & Eastern Europe: U.S. nonproliferation assistance and the illicit nuclear trade, 1997--2009
Is legible space peaceful space? Bureaucratic order and civil war onset
 
Asian-Americans' returns to education
Of paradise and clean power: The effect of California's renewable portfolio standard on in-state renewable energy generation
 
Foreign firms and the state in transition economies: A study in state capture
The link between education and support for anti-American militancy in Pakistan
 
Race, religion, and the voting gap: A analysis of voter choice on same-sex marriage state ballot initiatives
Economic pressures, career orientations, traditional family values and low fertility in east Asia: Micro-level analysis in the republic of Korea, Japan and Taiwan
 
Potentially preventable emergency department visits among the U.S. nursing home population
What factors affect an organization's degree of participation in voluntary programs? An analysis of the US EPA green power partnership program
 
Sectorial evolution as a hindrance to policy implementation: The 2008 Argentine agricultural conflict
Effects of the Recovery Act SNAP benefit increase on participation among upper income households with earnings
 
The expansion of legalized gambling: Should state and local governments take the chance?
Missing out on the American dream: How culture and special interest politics promote poverty and inequality in the era of globalization
 
El enfoque territorial del desarrollo rural desde una perspectiva de politicas publicas El caso de la politica rural de Mendoza, Argentina
Biting the apple: Food, policy, and sin in the United States
 
How poverty is a fortress without drawbridges and why we must build bridges
Why Arizona? The S.B. 1070 and the history of immigration in the southwestern border states
 
Effect of income inequality on households' desire to live beyond their means in the United States
Scheduling conflicts: Measuring the academic impact of co-location on grades 3--8 traditional public and charter schools in New York City, 2006--2010
 
The danger zone? The effect of storm-based tornado warnings on expected casualties
The relationship between childhood TANF cash assistance receipt and young adult expectations
 
Legitimacy and law enforcement: The counterinsurgency against gang crime in the United States
Effects of mobile banking on microfinance institution performance in Kenya
 
The effect of deposit insurance on financial systemic risk
Effects of the 1996 welfare reform on immigrant poverty and workforce participation in the United States
 
Do Public Family Planning Expenditures Affect the Abortion Rate?
Buying down our carbon footprint: An econometric analysis of the impact of green pricing programs on electricity consumption in the U.S. residential sector
 
The rise of shale gas: Implications of the shale gas boom for natural gas markets, environmental protection and U.S. energy policy
Electoral consequences of congressional redistricting methods: A comparative analysis
 
Ownership structure and the productive efficiency of airports in the United States
The effect of rising student loan debt on mortgage interest rates and debt
 
Effect of socioeconomic status on adult cardiovascular disease risk factors
The "Wall Street" effect on incumbent vote share in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1982--2008
 
The Effect of Homeownership on Single Women's Career Outcomes in the United States
Does a country's inflation rate influence the possibility of its involvement in a foreign policy crisis?
 
Virtual activity or real-life activism: The Internet and civic engagement
The municipal bond federal tax exemption and national credit conditions
 
Sterile gauzes and latent causes: Inside the black box of transfusion in CABG patients
The effect of human capital on FDI inflows: Evidence from internationally standardized testing
 
The devil is in the details: Red de Proteccion Social and maternal health service utilization in Nicaragua
Homeownership and civic engagement: Examining the effects of median incomes within metropolitan statistical areas on civic outcomes
 
Does salary affect the fundraising efficiency of human service nonprofits?
Food access and individual behavior: How the local food environment influences time spent on meal preparation
 
Measuring the impact of the First Time Homebuyer tax credit
Juvenile justice, race, and recidivism: Are programs aimed at reducing recidivism equally effective for whites and non-whites?
 
Ambassador Doraemon: Japan's pop culture diplomacy in China and South Korea
Key determinants of international tourist flows: How to promote inbound tourism?
 
The relationship between asset holdings and material hardship following economic shocks in a household
Can incentives increase preference for daughters? Evidence from a cash transfer scheme in Haryana, India
 
Medicare quality: Differences across the nation
Revisiting the language-wage relationship: A closer look at the new immigrant survey
 
Factors affecting bonus bids for oil and gas leases in the Williston Basin
An event study analysis of regulatory uncertainty stemming from the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act
 
Can transparency reduce corruption? -- Evidence from firms in Peru and Mali on the impact of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) on corruption
Investigating the empirical relationship between millennium challenge corporation aid eligibility criteria and development outcomes
 
The effect of state savings on state expenditure cuts, employment changes, and revenue actions from 1997 to 2010
Interconnection standards as policy innovations: An event history analysis
 
The impact of real exchange rate undervaluation on the export performance of upper-middle-income countries between 1992 and 2007
What effect do medical marijuana laws have on illicit drug activity?
 
Economic sanctions and autocratic repression
Effectiveness of state financial incentives and regulations in promoting solar energy technologies
 
The relationship between parental receipt of the earned income tax credit and children's high school dropout status
Housing policy of the future? Do inclusionary zoning policies enacted at the county level have a positive impact on education, crime, or health outcomes?
 
For and of the people: A case study of how online platforms impact U.S. civic duties
The impact of retail-owned banks on employment and entrepreneurship: Evidence from Mexico
 
Better together? Population density and well-being in the United States
HIV and child malnutrition: Examining the relationship of maternal HIV on nutritional outcomes for dependent children in Kenya
 
Aid to education and terrorism: Exploring unintended consequences
Effects of converted primary enforcement seat belt laws on traffic fatalities
 
Are teenagers and young adults really so different? Examining the factors associated with unintended pregnancy among women in their teens and early twenties
Housing policy and socio-economic residential segregation: The case of Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
Leadership: Competing values framework analysis of behavioral roles, organizational culture, and career experience among nonprofit executive directors
Corruption and its impact on development: A cross-national study
 
Are levels of trust in government associated with levels of support for redistributive policies in the United Kingdom?
The DC Healthcare Alliance and access to care: The effect of increased insurance coverage and a dispersed safety net on access to healthcare in the District of Columbia
 
The effects of health information technology on utilization of diagnostic tests and the potential for the HITECH subsidies to reduce costs
Maternal nutrition knowledge and child health outcomes: An analysis of nutrition promoters in a Mozambique Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato intervention
 
Urban forest and mental health: The evidence of a positive correlation
The influence of the "power of the ask" on volunteer levels in the United States
 
Analyzing critical junctures between globalization and the gender wage gap in Europe
How much are you worth? An examination of the value of human life in public policy
 
Does Mexico's Seguro Popular afford equal healthcare access to indigenous peoples?
Measuring poverty in America: How politics has trumped reason, and how to restore it
 
Is work in the agricultural sector more hazardous for child laborers in Ghana than work in other sectors?
The impact of punitive state immigration policies on employment and population outcomes for undocumented immigrants
 
Gestionando la migracion regional: El Programa Patria Grande
Gestion internacional de la ciudad autonoma de Buenos Aires vinculada al desarrollo economico
 
The normalization of "Support the Troops"
A republic not worth keeping: How bonds between private finance and public service subvert the general welfare
 
Delivering unpalatable truths: Lessons learned from Alexander Hamilton and the Jay Treaty debate
Workers' compensation analysis and reform: Measuring the effectiveness of tort reform through analysis of workers' compensation
 
Building a winning team: The efficiency, social responsibility and ethics of human capital management & values in business
As if: The fiction of executive accountability and the persistence of corruption networks in weakly institutionalized presidential systems. Argentina (1989--2007)