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Testimony The State of the Federal Statistical System and Methods to Improve It
Former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Janet Norwood, testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia regarding the state of the federal statistical system and methods to improve it.
Brief The Big-Spending Presidents
The authors examine domestic spending over the 20th century to examine the factors that fueled it. A table highlights the change in federal domestic spending outlays as a percent of gross domestic product by presidential term. The following questions are discussed: (1) What is the relationship of
Brief Work-Related Resources and Services
Under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grants, states can decide for themselves how to divide their federal welfare funding between case assistance and work-related services. This brief examines the employment and training resources states used before TANF under JOBS and JTPA
Research Report Age Differences Between Minors Who Give Birth and Their Adult Partners
The role of adult men in adolescent childbearing has received heightened attention in recent years, and new policy efforts have focused on statutory rape laws as a way to reduce adolescent childbearing. Analyses of the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey indicate, however, that these
Research Report Monitoring Russia's Experience with Housing Allowances
[© Urban Studies] The implementation of housing allowances is an integral part of Russia's programme of systematic rent increases on state and municipal rental units which began in 1994. Because housing allowances constitute the country's first income-tested programme, its performance transcends the