This paper examines the relationship between attitudes on potential uses of the budget surplus and gender. Survey results show relatively weak support overall for using a projected surplus to reduce taxes, with respondents much likelier to prefer increased social spending on education or social...

This paper was prepared for presentation at the Research Workshop on Proposition 227 and Its Implementation, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego, January 13, 1999. I thank Wayne Cornelius for inviting me to write this paper, conference participants and panelists...