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E. Kathleen Adams

  Medi-Cal and Managed Care: Risk, Costs, and Regional Variation
E. Kathleen Adams, Janet M. Bronstein, Edmund R. Becker
December 2000  

Scott Adams

  A Decade of Living Wages: What Have We Learned?
Scott Adams and David Neumark
July 2005  

Gregory Andranovich

  Local Economic Development in Southern California's Suburbs: 1990-1997
Max Neiman, Gregory Andranovich, and Kenneth Fernandez
December 2000  

D. E. Apollonio

  The Season of Our Discontent: Voters' Views on California Elections
Mark Baldassare, Bruce E. Cain, D. E. Apollonio, and Jonathan Cohen
October 2004  

Kenneth Ardon

  For Better or For Worse? School Finance Reform in California
Jon Sonstelie, Eric Brunner, and Kenneth Ardon
February 2000  


B

Walter Baer

  Signing Initiative Petitions Online: Possibilities, Problems, and Prospects
Walter Baer
January 2001  

Amanda Bailey

  Who’s In Prison? The Changing Demographics of Incarceration
Amanda Bailey and Joseph M. Hayes
August 2006  
  California's Newest Homeowners: Affording the Unaffordable
Hans P. Johnson and Amanda Bailey
August 2005  
  California's Young Children: Demographic, Social, and Economic Conditions
Deborah Reed and Amanda Bailey
November 2002  

Laurence Baker

  Has Managed Care Affected the Availability of Medical Technology?
Joanne Spetz and Laurence Baker
May 1999  

Mark Baldassare

  California's Post-Partisan Future
Mark Baldassare
January 2008  

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  Perspectives on Local Finance and Infrastructure Issues in the U.S. and California: Surveys of City Officials
Mark Baldassare and Christopher Hoene
December 2006  
  California's Future: In Your Hands
Mark Baldassare
October 2006  
  California's Exclusive Electorate
Mark Baldassare
September 2006  

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  Perspectives on Local and State Finance and Infrastructure in California: Surveys of City Officials and Residents
Mark Baldassare, Christopher Hoene, and Dean Bonner
September 2006  
  Citizens, Government, and Initiatives: The California Special Election in 2005
Mark Baldassare
May 2006  
  Perspectives on State and Local Finance: Surveys of City Officials in California and the U.S.
Mark Baldassare and Christopher Hoene
December 2005  
  Perspectives on State and Local Finance in California: Surveys of City Officials and Residents
Mark Baldassare and Christopher Hoene
October 2005  
  The State Budget and Local Health Services in California: Surveys of Local Health Officials
Mark Baldassare and Matthew Newman
September 2005  
  California 2025: It's Your Choice
Mark Baldassare and Ellen Hanak
June 2005  
  California 2025: Taking on the Future
Ellen Hanak and Mark Baldassare (editors), Mark Baldassare, Elisa Barbour, Jonathan Cohen, Shelley de Alth, Ellen Hanak, Hans P. Johnson, Paul G. Lewis, David Neumark, Manuel Pastor, Jr., Deborah Reed, and Kim Rueben (contributors).
June 2005  
  After the California Recall: Governor’s Approval Ratings, Trust in Government, and Preferences for Direct Democracy
Mark Baldassare
May 2005  
  Making Health Policy at the Ballot Box: Public Attitudes Toward Five Health Propositions and the Future of Health Policy
Kristy Michaud, Renatta DeFever, Jonathan Cohen, and Mark Baldassare
May 2005  
  Making Health Policy at the Ballot Box: Californians and the November 2004 Election
Mark Baldassare, Renatta DeFever, and Kristy Michaud
February 2005  
  Local Budgets and Tax Policies in California and U.S. Cities: Surveys of City Officials
Mark Baldassare and Christopher Hoene
December 2004  
  The Season of Our Discontent: Voters' Views on California Elections
Mark Baldassare, Bruce E. Cain, D. E. Apollonio, and Jonathan Cohen
October 2004  
  Local Budgets and Tax Policy in California: Surveys of City Officials and State Residents
Mark Baldassare and Christopher Hoene
September 2004  
  The State Budget and Local Health Services in California: Surveys of County Officials
Mark Baldassare, Mina Yaroslavsky, and Paul Lewis
May 2004  
  Public Opinion and the California Governor’s Recall in 2003
Mark Baldassare
May 2004  
  The Ties That Bind: Changing Demographics and Civic Engagement in California
S. Karthick Ramakrishnan and Mark Baldassare
April 2004  
  State Budget Fallout: L.A.'s Tough Choices
Mark Baldassare
March 2004  
  Californians' Support for Structural Reforms and Public Priorities
Mark Baldassare
January 2004  
  Local Homeland Security and Fiscal Uncertainty: Surveys of City Officials in California
Mark Baldassare and Christopher Hoene
December 2003  
  Local Homeland Security in California: Surveys of City Officials and State Residents
Mark Baldassare, Christopher Hoene, and Jonathan Cohen
September 2003  
  Crisis of Confidence: Leadership and Reform in Los Angeles County
Mark Baldassare
July 2003  
  Californians and the State Budget: Opinions About the Deficit and Support for Policy Options and Structural Reforms
Mark Baldassare
July 2003  
  Californians' Assessment of the State Economy, Its Prospects, and the Performance of Their Elected Officials
Mark Baldassare
March 2003  
  Coping with Homeland Security: Perceptions of City Officials in California and the United States
Mark Baldassare and Christopher Hoene
December 2002  
  Coping with Homeland Security in California: Surveys of City Officials and State Residents
Mark Baldassare, Christopher Hoene, and Jonathan Cohen
October 2002  
  A California State of Mind: The Conflicted Voter in a Changing World
Mark Baldassare
September 2002  
  Finding Common Ground: Racial and Ethnic Attitudes in California
Zoltan Hajnal and Mark Baldassare
March 2001  
  California in the New Millennium: The Changing Social and Political Landscape
Mark Baldassare
April 2000  
  Risky Business: Providing Local Public Services in Los Angeles County
Mark Baldassare, Michael A. Shires, Christopher Hoene, and Aaron Koffman
April 2000  
  When Government Fails: The Orange County Bankruptcy
Mark Baldassare
April 1998  
  When Government Fails: The Orange County Bankruptcy, A Policy Summary
Mark Baldassare
March 1998  

Elisa Barbour

  State-Local Fiscal Conflicts in California: From Proposition 13 to Proposition 1A
Elisa Barbour
December 2007  
  Blueprint Planning in California: Forging Consensus on Metropolitan Growth and Development
Elisa Barbour and Michael Teitz
June 2006  
  Time to Work: Commuting Times and Modes of Transportation of California Workers
Elisa Barbour
February 2006  
  Retention of New Teachers in California
Deborah Reed, Kim S. Rueben, and Elisa Barbour
February 2006  
  California 2025: Taking on the Future
Ellen Hanak and Mark Baldassare (editors), Mark Baldassare, Elisa Barbour, Jonathan Cohen, Shelley de Alth, Ellen Hanak, Hans P. Johnson, Paul G. Lewis, David Neumark, Manuel Pastor, Jr., Deborah Reed, and Kim Rueben (contributors).
June 2005  
  California Comes of Age: Governing Institutions, Planning, and Public Investment
Elisa Barbour and Paul G. Lewis
June 2005  
  Sizing Up the Challenge: California’s Infrastructure Needs and Tradeoffs
Ellen Hanak and Elisa Barbour
June 2005  
  CEQA Reform: Issues and Options
Elisa Barbour and Michael Teitz
April 2005  
  California's Occupational Advantage
Anne Markusen and Elisa Barbour
May 2003  
  Metropolitan Growth Planning in California, 1900-2000
Elisa Barbour
December 2002  
  Elements of a Framework for Collaborative Regional Decision-Making in California
Michael Teitz, J. Fred Silva, and Elisa Barbour
September 2001  
  A Framework for Collaborative Regional Decision-Making
Elisa Barbour and Michael Teitz
May 2001  
  The State-Local Fiscal Relationship in California: A Changing Balance of Power
J. Fred Silva and Elisa Barbour
December 1999  
  Taking the Oath: An Analysis of Naturalization in California and the United States
Hans P. Johnson, Belinda I. Reyes, Laura Mameesh, and Elisa Barbour
September 1999  
  California Cities and the Local Sales Tax
Paul G. Lewis and Elisa Barbour
July 1999  
  Development Priorities in California Cities: Results from a PPIC Survey
Paul G. Lewis and Elisa Barbour
December 1998  

Peter S. Barth

  The Impact of Provider Choice on Workers’ Compensation Costs and Outcomes
Richard A. Victor, Peter S. Barth, and David Neumark
November 2005  

Edmund Becker

  Medi-Cal and Managed Care: Risk, Costs, and Regional Variation
E. Kathleen Adams, Janet M. Bronstein, Edmund R. Becker
December 2000  

Louise Bedsworth

  Climate Change and California’s Local Public Health Agencies
Louise Wells Bedsworth
February 2008  
  Learning from California's Zero-Emission Vehicle Program
Louise Wells Bedsworth and Margaret R. Taylor
September 2007  

Julian Betts

  Does School Choice Work? Effects on Student Integration and Achievement
Julian R. Betts, Lorien A. Rice, Andrew C. Zau, Y. Emily Tang, and Cory R. Koedel
August 2006  
  From Blueprint to Reality: San Diego's Education Reforms
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Kevin King
October 2005  
  Determinants of Student Achievement: New Evidence from San Diego
Julian R. Betts, Andrew C. Zau, and Lorien A. Rice
August 2003  
  Math Matters: The Links Between High School Curriculum, College Graduation, and Earnings
Heather Rose and Julian R. Betts
July 2001  
  School Finance and California’s Master Plan for Education
Jon Sonstelie and Peter Richardson (editors), Julian R. Betts, Eric J. Brunner, Anne Danenberg, Jane Leber Herr, Susanna Loeb, Lawrence O. Picus, Peter Richardson, Heather Rose, Kim S. Rueben, and Jon Sonstelie (contributors).
June 2001  
  The Changing Role of Education in the California Labor Market
Julian R. Betts
September 2000  
  Equal Resources, Equal Outcomes? The Distribution of School Resources and Student Achievement in California
Julian R. Betts, Kim S. Rueben, and Anne Danenberg
February 2000  
  Have Inflows of Immigrants Diminished Natives' Educational Attainment? A Review
Julian R. Betts
March 1999  
  Equalizing Opportunity Through Educational Finance Reform
Julian Betts and John Roemer
February 1999  

Marianne Bitler

  Health Insurance, Health Care Use, and Health Status in Los Angeles County
Marianne P. Bitler and Weiyi Shi
December 2006  
  Effects of Increased Access to Infertility Treatment on Infant and Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from Health Insurance Mandates
Marianne Bitler
May 2005  

Shervin Boloorian

  Federal Formula Grants: Federal Child Care Programs
Tim Ransdell and Shervin Boloorian
June 2005  
  Federal Formula Grants: Federal Transit Assistance Programs
Tim Ransdell and Shervin Boloorian
September 2004  
  Federal Formula Grants: Head Start
Tim Ransdell and Shervin Boloorian
October 2003  
  Federal Formula Grants: Federal Highway Programs
Tim Ransdell and Shervin Boloorian
February 2003  
  Federal Formula Grants: TANF and Welfare Programs
Tim Ransdell and Shervin Boloorian
December 2002  

Dean Bonner

  Perspectives on Local and State Finance and Infrastructure in California: Surveys of City Officials and Residents
Mark Baldassare, Christopher Hoene, and Dean Bonner
September 2006  

Henry Brady

  Expensive Children in Poor Families: The Intersection of Childhood Disabilities and Welfare
Marcia K. Meyers, Henry E. Brady, and Eva Y. Seto
October 2000  
  The Impact of Child and Adult Disabilities on the Duration of Welfare Spells
Henry E. Brady, Marcia Meyers, and Samantha Luks
March 1998  

Janet Bronstein

  Medi-Cal and Managed Care: Risk, Costs, and Regional Variation
E. Kathleen Adams, Janet M. Bronstein, Edmund R. Becker
December 2000  

Eric Brunner

  Financing New School Construction and Modernization: Evidence from California
Eric J. Brunner and Kim Rueben
June 2001  
  School Finance and California’s Master Plan for Education
Jon Sonstelie and Peter Richardson (editors), Julian R. Betts, Eric J. Brunner, Anne Danenberg, Jane Leber Herr, Susanna Loeb, Lawrence O. Picus, Peter Richardson, Heather Rose, Kim S. Rueben, and Jon Sonstelie (contributors).
June 2001  
  For Better or For Worse? School Finance Reform in California
Jon Sonstelie, Eric Brunner, and Kenneth Ardon
February 2000  

Kristin Butcher

  Crime, Corrections, and California: What Does Immigration Have to Do with It?
Kristin F. Butcher and Anne Morrison Piehl
February 2008  


C

Bruce Cain

  Adapting to Term Limits: Recent Experiences and New Directions
Bruce E. Cain and Thad Kousser
November 2004  
  The Season of Our Discontent: Voters' Views on California Elections
Mark Baldassare, Bruce E. Cain, D. E. Apollonio, and Jonathan Cohen
October 2004  
  Ethnic Context, Race Relations, and California Politics
Bruce Cain, Jack Citrin, and Cara Wong
July 2000  

Jaime Calleja Alderete

  Budget Practices and State Expenditures: Lessons for California
Jaime Calleja Alderete
March 2007  
  Fiscal Realities: Budget Tradeoffs in California Government
Tracy M. Gordon, Jaime Calleja Alderete, Patrick J. Murphy, Jon Sonstelie, and Ping Zhang
January 2007  

Marcia Carlson

  Fragile Families One Year Later: Oakland, California
Sara McLanahan, Irwin Garfinkel, Marcia Carlson, Maureen Waller
October 2002  

Pedro Cerdán

  Fiscal Effects of Voter Approval Requirements on Local Governments
Kim S. Rueben and Pedro Cerdán
January 2003  
  Student and School Indicators for Youth in California's Central Valley
Anne Danenberg, Christopher Jepsen, and Pedro Cerdán
September 2002  

Raymond Chan

  Medi-Cal Expenditures: Historical Growth and Long Term Forecasts
Thomas MaCurdy, Raymond Chan, Rodney Chun, Hans Johnson, and Margaret O'Brien-Strain
June 2005  

Jeffrey Chapman

  Proposition 13: Some Unintended Consequences
Jeffrey I. Chapman
September 1998  

Jennifer Cheng

  Racial and Ethnic Wage Gaps in the California Labor Market
Deborah Reed and Jennifer Cheng
May 2003  
  At Home and in School: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Educational Preparedness
Jennifer Y. Cheng
November 2001  
  A Portrait of Race and Ethnicity in California
Belinda I. Reyes (editor), Jennifer Cheng, Elliot Currie, Daniel Frakes, Hans P. Johnson, Elizabeth Bronwen Macro, Deborah Reed, Belinda I. Reyes, José Signoret, and Joanne Spetz (contributors)
March 2001  

Rodney Chun

  Medi-Cal Expenditures: Historical Growth and Long Term Forecasts
Thomas MaCurdy, Raymond Chan, Rodney Chun, Hans Johnson, and Margaret O'Brien-Strain
June 2005  

Jack Citrin

  How Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Shape the California Electorate
Jack Citrin and Benjamin Highton
December 2002  
  Ethnic Context, Race Relations, and California Politics
Bruce Cain, Jack Citrin, and Cara Wong
July 2000  

Jonathan Cohen

  California 2025: Taking on the Future
Ellen Hanak and Mark Baldassare (editors), Mark Baldassare, Elisa Barbour, Jonathan Cohen, Shelley de Alth, Ellen Hanak, Hans P. Johnson, Paul G. Lewis, David Neumark, Manuel Pastor, Jr., Deborah Reed, and Kim Rueben (contributors).
June 2005  
  The Season of Our Discontent: Voters' Views on California Elections
Mark Baldassare, Bruce E. Cain, D. E. Apollonio, and Jonathan Cohen
October 2004  
  Local Homeland Security in California: Surveys of City Officials and State Residents
Mark Baldassare, Christopher Hoene, and Jonathan Cohen
September 2003  
  Coping with Homeland Security in California: Surveys of City Officials and State Residents
Mark Baldassare, Christopher Hoene, and Jonathan Cohen
October 2002  

Stephen S. Cohen

  Protecting the Nation's Seaports: Balancing Security and Cost
Jon D. Haveman and Howard J. Shatz (editors), Stephen S. Cohen, Peter Gordon, Jon D. Haveman, Matthew C. Hipp, Seth K. Jacobson, Edward E. Leamer, James E. Moore, II, Qisheng Pan, Harry W. Richardson, Howard J. Shatz, Jay Stowsky, Christopher Thornberg, Ernesto Vilchis, and Amy B. Zegart (contributors).
June 2006  

Elliot Currie

  A Portrait of Race and Ethnicity in California
Belinda I. Reyes (editor), Jennifer Cheng, Elliot Currie, Daniel Frakes, Hans P. Johnson, Elizabeth Bronwen Macro, Deborah Reed, Belinda I. Reyes, José Signoret, and Joanne Spetz (contributors)
March 2001  


D

Mary C. Daly

  Population Mobility and Income Inequality in California
Mary C. Daly, Deborah Reed, and Heather N. Royer
May 2001  

Anne Danenberg

  Student and School Indicators for Youth in California's Central Valley
Anne Danenberg, Christopher Jepsen, and Pedro Cerdán
September 2002  
  School Finance and California’s Master Plan for Education
Jon Sonstelie and Peter Richardson (editors), Julian R. Betts, Eric J. Brunner, Anne Danenberg, Jane Leber Herr, Susanna Loeb, Lawrence O. Picus, Peter Richardson, Heather Rose, Kim S. Rueben, and Jon Sonstelie (contributors).
June 2001  
  Who's Lagging Now? Gender Differences in Secondary Course Enrollments
Anne Danenberg
February 2001  
  Equal Resources, Equal Outcomes? The Distribution of School Resources and Student Achievement in California
Julian R. Betts, Kim S. Rueben, and Anne Danenberg
February 2000  

Caroline Danielson

  Patterns of Work Participation in CalWORKs
Caroline Danielson
December 2006  

Michael Dardia

  In Short Supply? Cycles and Trends in California Housing
Hans P. Johnson, Rosa M. Moller, and Michael Dardia
March 2004  
  Rethinking the California Business Climate
Michael Dardia and Sherman Luk
August 1999  
  Subsidizing Redevelopment in California
Michael Dardia
February 1998  

Matthew Davis

  Lawns and Water Demand in California
Ellen Hanak and Matthew Davis
July 2006  

Shelley de Alth

  California 2025: Taking on the Future
Ellen Hanak and Mark Baldassare (editors), Mark Baldassare, Elisa Barbour, Jonathan Cohen, Shelley de Alth, Ellen Hanak, Hans P. Johnson, Paul G. Lewis, David Neumark, Manuel Pastor, Jr., Deborah Reed, and Kim Rueben (contributors).
June 2005  
  Understanding Infrastructure Financing for California
Shelley de Alth and Kim Rueben
June 2005  
  English Learners in California Schools
Christopher Jepsen and Shelley de Alth
April 2005  

Renatta DeFever

  Making Health Policy at the Ballot Box: Californians and the November 2004 Election
Mark Baldassare, Renatta DeFever, and Kristy Michaud
February 2005  

Charles Dietzel

  Urban Development Futures in the San Joaquin Valley
Michael B. Teitz, Charles Dietzel, and William Fulton
February 2005  

David Dowall

  Making Room for the Future: Rebuilding California's Infrastructure
David E. Dowall and Jan Whittington
March 2003  
  California's Infrastructure Policy for the 21st Century: Issues and Opportunities
David E. Dowall
June 2000  

Anthony Downs

  California's Inland Empire: The Leading Edge of Southern California Growth
Anthony Downs
November 2005  

Marla Dresch

  Who Pays for Development Fees and Exactions?
Marla Dresch and Steven M. Sheffrin
June 1997  


E

John Ellwood

  Has Proposition 13 Delivered? The Changing Tax Burden in California
Michael A. Shires, John Ellwood, and Mary Sprague
September 1998  

Eric Evenhouse

  Welfare Reform: A Primer in 12 Questions
Eugene Smolensky, Eirik Evenhouse, and Siobhán Reilly
May 1997  


F

Kenneth Fernandez

  Local Economic Development in Southern California's Suburbs: 1990-1997
Max Neiman, Gregory Andranovich, and Kenneth Fernandez
December 2000  

William Fleenor

  Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Jay Lund, Ellen Hanak, William Fleenor, Richard Howitt, Jeffrey Mount, and Peter Moyle
February 2007  

Daniel Frakes

  A Portrait of Race and Ethnicity in California
Belinda I. Reyes (editor), Jennifer Cheng, Elliot Currie, Daniel Frakes, Hans P. Johnson, Elizabeth Bronwen Macro, Deborah Reed, Belinda I. Reyes, José Signoret, and Joanne Spetz (contributors)
March 2001  

William Fulton

  Urban Development Futures in the San Joaquin Valley
Michael B. Teitz, Charles Dietzel, and William Fulton
February 2005  

Frank Furstenberg

  School-to-Career and Post-Secondary Education: Evidence from the Philadelphia Educational Longitudinal Study
Frank Furstenberg and David Neumark
November 2004  
  The Well-Being of California's Children
Frank F. Furstenberg, Maureen R. Waller, and Hongyu Wang
July 2003  


G

Irwin Garfinkel

  Fragile Families One Year Later: Oakland, California
Sara McLanahan, Irwin Garfinkel, Marcia Carlson, Maureen Waller
October 2002  
  The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
Sara McLanahan, Irwin Garfinkel,and Maureen Waller
November 1999  

Claudine Gay

  The Effect of Minority Districts and Minority Representation on Political Participation in California
Claudine Gay
June 2001  

Elisabeth Gerber

  Interest Group Influence in the California Initiative Process
Elisabeth R. Gerber
November 1998  

Andrew M. Gill

  Evaluating Academic Programs in California's Community Colleges
Andrew M. Gill and Duane E. Leigh
August 2004  

Arturo Gonzalez

  Day Labor in the Golden State
Arturo Gonzalez
July 2007  
  California's Commitment to Adult English Learners: Caught Between Funding and Need
Arturo Gonzalez
April 2007  

Peter Gordon

  Protecting the Nation's Seaports: Balancing Security and Cost
Jon D. Haveman and Howard J. Shatz (editors), Stephen S. Cohen, Peter Gordon, Jon D. Haveman, Matthew C. Hipp, Seth K. Jacobson, Edward E. Leamer, James E. Moore, II, Qisheng Pan, Harry W. Richardson, Howard J. Shatz, Jay Stowsky, Christopher Thornberg, Ernesto Vilchis, and Amy B. Zegart (contributors).
June 2006  

Tracy Gordon

  Fiscal Realities: Budget Tradeoffs in California Government
Tracy M. Gordon, Jaime Calleja Alderete, Patrick J. Murphy, Jon Sonstelie, and Ping Zhang
January 2007  
  The Local Initiative in California
Tracy M. Gordon
September 2004  
  Planned Developments in California: Private Communities and Public Life
Tracy M. Gordon
March 2004  
  Understanding California's Property Tax Roll: Regions, Property Types, and Sale Years
Tracy Gordon and Fred Silva
September 2003  

Jeffrey Grogger

  Falling Behind or Moving Up? The Intergenerational Progress of Mexican Americans
Jeffrey Grogger and Stephen J. Trejo
May 2002