Policy Studies Journal articles from March 1997

Policy Studies Journal archives from March 1997

Determinants of trade orientation in less developed countries.
March 22, 1997... The success of East Asian Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) often has been attributed to their outward-oriented trade strategies. Outward-oriented development has performed much better than inward-oriented development, either because the...

Comment on Thomas and Mohai (1995) "Racial, Gender, and Professional Diversification in the Forest Service from 1983 to 1992" (Policy Studies Journal, 23(2), 296-309).
March 22, 1997... In their article, "Racial, Gender, and Professional Diversification in the Forest Service from 1983 to 1992," Jennifer C. Thomas and Paul Mohai (1995) provide an important contribution to the public policy literature. They make a compelling...

Racial, Gender, and Professional Diversification in the Forest Service: a rejoinder. (response to Christopher Aaron Simon in this issue, p. 59)
March 22, 1997... We appreciate Christopher Simon's catching our error. Of course, he is right that we should have divided by the 1983 rather than the 1992 numbers in computing the percentage changes between those two years. Tables 3 and 4 produced by him contain...

Introduction. (general overview of research papers on family policy)
March 22, 1997... Family policy has been defined as "everything that government does to and for families" (Kamerman & Kahn, 1978), and is often considered the domain containing the most important choices made in life. Families can be - and have been - studied from...

The White House and Congress on child care and family leave policy: from Carter to Clinton.
March 22, 1997... Public concern for the well-being of America's families dates back to the seventeenth century. Between 1650 and 1825 destitute families either were provided outdoor relief (food and other household supplies) or were placed in almshouses. From...

Inside or outside? the politics of family and medical leave.
March 22, 1997... Family and medical leave policies require that certain businesses guarantee the jobs of employees who take time off for specific reasons: the birth of a child, to care for a young or sick child, or to tend to their own medical condition or to a...

User fees and family policy: attempting to recover costs for state-provided child support enforcement services.
March 22, 1997... Since the 1960s, the share of state and local government revenue coming from user charges and fees has been increasing (Downing, 1992; Netzer, 1992). Included among the reasons for this shift is the decline in the share of total state and local...

A potential case of social bankruptcy: states' AFDC payments and their teen birth rates. (Aid to Families with Dependent Children)
March 22, 1997... Drawing from several theoretical perspectives, this discussion reports findings from a pooled time series analysis that examines the relationship between states' AFDC payments (per recipient) and their teen birth rates, taking into account...

Predictors of out-of-home placement in a family preservation program: Are welfare recipients particularly vulnerable?
March 22, 1997... For several decades public welfare programs have been the focus of considerable research designed to further our understanding of how poverty affects families. In spite of the money and effort put into programmatic interventions designed to...

Policy issues: license renewal for older drivers - analysis of the Iowa experience in reexamination of high-risk drivers.
March 22, 1997... The prevailing view in our society is that a license to drive represents the freedom to come and go as we please. This begins with the young, beginning driver and prevails through all ages, including the older driver. For many, its symbolic value...

They Only Look Dead.
March 22, 1997... Americans are of two minds about government. We don't trust it, but we expect a lot from it. Our expectation comes from a 60-year habit of looking to government for help. Retirement insurance helps us enjoy old age, college aid helps us prepare...

Middle Class Dreams.
March 22, 1997... Americans are of two minds about government. We don't trust it, but we expect a lot from it. Our expectation comes from a 60-year habit of looking to government for help. Retirement insurance helps us enjoy old age, college aid helps us prepare...

In Defense of Government.
March 22, 1997... Americans are of two minds about government. We don't trust it, but we expect a lot from it. Our expectation comes from a 60-year habit of looking to government for help. Retirement insurance helps us enjoy old age, college aid helps us prepare...

The Future of the Space Industry.
March 22, 1997... For over a decade a critical issue in space policy has been the role of private sector investment and activity in the space industry. The Reagan administration's space policy in the mid-1980s sought to create private industry in space (i.e.,...

Can Democracies Fly in Space?: The Challenge of Revitalizing the U.S. Space Program.
March 22, 1997... For over a decade a critical issue in space policy has been the role of private sector investment and activity in the space industry. The Reagan administration's space policy in the mid-1980s sought to create private industry in space (i.e.,...