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Expert Commentary

Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Perceptions of minority residents on coalition building in South Los Angeles

by Sui-Jade Ho | January 7, 2010

2007 Tomas Rivera Policy Institute paper examining the sources of tension between African-Americans, Latinos and others in South L.A. June, 2007

Expert Commentary

Economics, Environment, Politics & Government

What really determines whether a manufacturing firm locates and remains in California

by Sui-Jade Ho | January 7, 2010

2008 paper by California State University examines the state’s manufacturing job loss and explores possible solutions.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Politics & Government

Roller coaster of California state budgeting after Proposition 13

by Leighton Walter Kille | January 5, 2010

2006 study by California State University, Sacramento, on how state budgeting changed after the enactment of Proposition 13.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Health

Does incarceration-based drug treatment reduce recidivism?

by Leighton Walter Kille | January 5, 2010

2007 paper in the Journal of Experimental Criminology on the effectiveness of incarceration-based drug treatment in reducing drug relapse and recidivism.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Politics & Government

Case for banning subprime mortgages

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 22, 2009

2008 paper by the Valparaiso University School of Law on mortgage interest rates and the potential role of the FHA in providing mortgages to low-income home buyers.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Health, Race & Gender

Latino preschool children’s oral health in rural California

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 22, 2009

2008 University of California, San Francisco, study on the causes behind the high rate of dental care among the state’s Latino children.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education

Lessons from a state-funded workplace literacy program

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 21, 2009

2009 study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research on effectiveness of workplace literacy training in 10 sites throughout Indiana.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Education

Leaving welfare and joining the labor force: Does job training help?

by Leighton Walter Kille | December 18, 2009

2006 University of Santa Clara study on the effectiveness of New York City’s Employment Services and Placement job training program for welfare recipients.

Expert Commentary

Politics & Government

Do interest groups affect U.S. immigration policy?

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 15, 2009

2008 study by the International Monetary Fund quantifying if and how different groups influence immigration policy.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Politics & Government

Immigration and labor market outcomes in the native elderly population

by Sui-Jade Ho | December 14, 2009

2008 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of immigration on labor market outcomes for native elderly workers.

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