This paper investigates whether individuals feel worse off when others around them earn more. In other words, do people care about…
Unlike most cross-country growth analyses, we focus on turning points in growth performance. We look for instances of rapid acceleration in…
The Maxwell School's Government Performance Project rated the management successes of the 50 states in several areas, such as capital…
Although many opponents of welfare reform predicted that it would increase hardship,
the official poverty rate for female headed families…
Two-and-half years after the 2001 recession ended, the states -- both individually and collectively -- face hard fiscal times. "Despite…