Publications: Policy Briefs

Policy Briefs - summaries of policy areas designed for elected officials, managers, and policy analysts

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Has Evaluation Been Left Behind? Policy Brief #24, May 2009 »PDF
Acquiring Essential Sales Information is a State Responsibility, October 2007 »PDF
Child Care Choices Facing Missouri's Working Families, April 2006 >>PDF
The Missouri Structural Budget Crisis, February 2006 » PDF
Missouri Education Funding, Senate Bill 287, April 2005 » PDF
Voting Technology in the St. Louis Region, May 2003 » PDF
Voting Technology in the United States, May 2003 »PDF
Constitutional Convention, October 2002 » PDF
The Case Against 'Continuous Improvement' in Schools, July 2002 » PDF
Using the Tax Code to Subsidize Families with Children: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, July 2002 » PDF
A New Chapter in Women's Labor Force Participation: Rising Rates Among Never-Married Mothers, June 2002 » PDF
Downtown Development: Key Trends & Practices, June 2001 » PDF
Responding to Gangs in Missouri, June 2001 » PDF
Cultural Competency in the Delivery of Mental Health Services: Implementation Issues, May 2001 » PDF
Promoting Economic Well-Being Among the Poor Through Microenterprise Initiatives in the United States, April 2001 » PDF
Robbing Drug Dealers: An Intractable Problem for Policymakers, January 2001 » PDF
Value Added Testing: A Modest Proposal for Education Reform, January 2001 » PDF
Gender Differences in Pay and Pay Raises, January 2001 » PDF
The Rise in Dual-Earner Families, July 2000 » PDF

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