This research investigates the evolution of state income tax preferences for the elderly over the last 25 years. Documenting how various types of income tax preferences have changed reveals that state tax policies are not simply mimicking federal tax law. It also shows a divergence in how the...

In June 2005, the Supreme Court made one of its least popular decisions in recent history: Kelo v. The City of New London. The decision has come under much criticism, and spurred much state legislation in response. However, we believe that the discussion surrounding the case has focused on the...

Substantial racial disparities continue to persist in the prevalence of preterm births and low-birth-weight births. Health policy aimed at reducing these disparities could be better targeted if the differences in birth outcomes are better understood. This study decomposes these racial...

Utilizing linked vital statistics, administrative employer, and state welfare records, the analysis in this paper investigates the determinants of a woman's intermittent labor force decision at the time of a major life event: the birth of a child. The results indicate that both direct and...

This paper examines the evaluation of state environmental policies aimed at reducing ground level ozone in order to meet air quality standards set by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Several states with metropolitan areas that violate federal air quality regulations have adopted voluntary...

This study examines the possible link between the current trend to reduce availability of abortion services and the incidence of low birthweight births. Using current data on births and abortions in Atlanta and New York City, we update and expand the earlier empirical results of Grossman and...

A study of the effect over time of the differential tax treatment of married and unmarried taxpayers. Measures the rate at which females marry and the timing of marriages, but finds no support for the assertion that the marriage tax negatively affects the timing of marriages.

We estimate the costs of performing property tax as-sessments using a translog cost function over a sample of 138 county-level assessment offices in Georgia. We find that there are substantial economies of scale. For example, computed at the sample means, a ten percent increase in the volume of...