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Public attitudes toward domestic and national security spending, before and after September 11, 2001
(Georgetown University, 2009)
Beyond the ABC's and 123's : the effect of social competence on early academic achievement
(Georgetown University, 2010)
The Promise of a College Degree: Does West Virginia's Merit-Based Scholarship Program Increase A Student's Propensity to Graduate?
(Georgetown University, 2013)
The goal of this study is to determine if there is a correlation between receiving lottery-funded merit-based state scholarships and earning a bachelor's degree at a public in-state college within four years of initial ...
The nonprofit wage differential
(Georgetown University, 2009)
Interconnection Standards As Policy Innovations: An Event History Analysis
(Georgetown University, 2012)
At this time in our nation's history, which is characterized by an increasingly polarized and slow moving Congress, many American states have taken important policy steps to diversify their energy supply, encourage local ...
Inside the Cocoa Pod: An Analysis of the Harkin-Engel Protocol in Cote d'Ivoire
(Georgetown University, 2012)
In November of 2011, Senator Tom Harkin traveled to West Africa to evaluate the progress of child labor reduction efforts in the region. His trip coincided with the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Harkin-Engel ...
Does Mexico's Seguro Popular Afford Equal Healthcare Access to Indigenous Peoples?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Seguro Popular was part of a major reform to Mexico's healthcare system enacted in 2003. Essentially, it was designed so that Mexico could attain universal health coverage. The 2003 reform that created Seguro Popular ...
The Effects of Socioeconomic and Racial Characteristics on Firm Pollution Decisions in the St. Louis MSA
(Georgetown University, 2012)
The purpose of this paper is to assess how the characteristics of class and race are associated with facility pollution levels. Other studies have examined the relationship between class and racial characteristics and ...
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: RED DE PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL AND MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION IN NICARAGUA
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have been steadily gaining popularity as a policy tool for alleviating poverty through a cash benefit and conditions promoting human capital acquisition for children in order to ...
Is work in the agricultural sector more hazardous for child laborers in Ghana than work in other sectors?
(Georgetown University, 2012)
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