This paper examines the introduction of premiums into the <TOGGLE>SCHIP</TOGGLE> program in Kentucky. Kentucky introduced a $20 monthly premium for <TOGGLE>SCHIP</TOGGLE> coverage for children with family incomes between 151 percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level in December 2003. Administrative data between 2001...</toggle></toggle>

We examine the size and distribution of the gap in test scores across races within New York City public schools and the factors that explain these gaps. While gaps are partially explained by differences in student characteristics, such as poverty, differences in schools attended are also...

This paper evaluates a recent innovation in regulating risk called management-based regulation. Traditionally, risk regulation has either specified a particular means of achieving a risk-reduction goal or specified the goal and left the means of achieving that goal up to the regulated entity. In...