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Mission Matters: The Cost of Small High Schools RevisitedWith the financial support of several large foundations and the federal government, creating small schools has become a prominent high school reform strategy in many large American cities. While some research supports this strategy, little research …
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The Neighborhood Effects of Concentrated ForeclosuresAs the national mortgage crisis has worsened, an increasing number of communities are facing declining housing prices and high rates of foreclosure. Central to the call for government intervention in this crisis is the claim that foreclosures not only …
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Taking the action turn: Lessons from bringing participation to qualitative researchOspina, S., Dodge, J., Foldy, E.G. & Hofmann, A. …
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"Understanding the Political Context of 'New' Policy Issues: The Use of the Advocacy Coalition Framework in the Case of Expanded After-School Programs"This article uses the Advocacy Coalition Framework to identify the stakeholders and their coalitions in the arena of after-school policy, which drew much new attention beginning in the early 1990s in many American cities. Using evidence from case studies …
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Financial Performance and Outreach: A Global Analysis of Leading MicrobanksMicrofinance promises to reduce poverty by employing profit-making banking practices in low-income communities. Many microfinance institutions have secured high loan repayment rates but, so far, relatively few earn profits. We examine why this promise …
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The Unbanked: Evidence from IndonesiaTo analyze the prospects for expanding financial access to the poor, bank professionals assessed 1,438 households in six provinces in Indonesia to judge their creditworthiness. About 40 percent of poor households were judged creditworthy according to the …
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Microfinance Meets the MarketIn this paper, we examine the economic logic behind microfinance institutions and consider the movement from socially oriented nonprofit microfinance institutions to for-profit microfinance. Drawing on a large dataset that includes most of the world's …
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a DayAbout forty percent of the world's people live on incomes of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the table, afford a home, and educate your children? How would …
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Evidence-Based Management in HealthcareToo often in the fast-moving healthcare field, decision makers rely primarily on what has worked before. Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare explains how healthcare leaders can move from making educated guesses to using the best available information …
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How personalized and socialized power motivation facilitate antisocial and prosocial decision-makingIn two studies, we investigate the effects of individuals' power motivation on decisionmaking. We distinguish between two types of power motivation [McClelland, D. C. (1970). The two faces of power. Journal of International Affairs, 24, 29-47; Winter, D. …
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Power Reduces the Press of the Situation: Implications for Creativity, Conformity, and DissonanceAlthough power is often conceptualized as the capacity to influence others, the current research explores whether power psychologically protects people from influence. In contrast to classic social psychological research demonstrating the strength of the …
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Taxing Privilege More Effectively: Replacing the Estate Tax with an Inheritance TaxBatchelder, L. …
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What Should Society Expect from Heirs? A Proposal for a Comprehensive Inheritance Tax.Batchelder, L. …
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Building Environmentally Sustainable Communities: A Framework for InclusivityEllen, Ingrid, Vicki Been, Adam Gordon, Jack Lienke, and Aaron Yowell …
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Why Do Higher Income Households Move Into Low Income Neighborhoods: Pioneering or Thrift?This paper offers several hypotheses about which US higher-income households choose to move into low-income neighbourhoods and why. It first explores whether the probability that a household moves into a relatively low-income neighbourhood (an RLIN move) …
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Do Foreclosures Cause Crime?Foreclosures affect not only individual homeowners, but also the crime levels of the surrounding neighborhood. This study found that neighborhoods with concentrated foreclosures see an uptick in crime for each foreclosure notice issued. These effects are …
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Neighborhood Crime Exposure Among Housing Choice Voucher HouseholdsEllen, Ingrid, Michael C. Lens, and Katherine O’Regan …
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Does City-Subsidized, Owner-Occupied Housing Improve School Quality? Evidence from New YorkEllen, Ingrid, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Brian McCabe, and Colin Chellman …
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Does Losing Your Home Mean Losing Your School? Effects of Foreclosure on the School Mobility of ChildrenIn the last few years, millions of homes around the country have entered foreclosure, pushing many families out of their homes and potentially forcing their children to move to new schools. Unfortunately, despite considerable attention to the causes and …
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Financial Management for Nurse Managers and ExecutivesFinkler, Steven A., Cheryl Jones and Christine T. Kovner …
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Climate Change and Human Health in CitiesM. Barata (Rio de Janeiro), E. Ligeti (Toronto), Coordinating Lead Authors and G. De Simone (Rio de Janeiro), T. Dickinson (Toronto), D. Jack (New York City), J. Penney (Toronto), M. Rahman (Dhaka), and R. Zimmerman (New York …
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Climate Change and Urban Transportation SystemsS. Mehrotra (Nairobi, Mexico City), B. Lefevre (Paris), R. Zimmerman (New York City, Coordinating Lead Authors and H. Gercek, K. Jacob, and S. …