In Massachusetts, Proposition 2½ limits local property taxes to 2.5% of assessed value (the "levy ceiling") and restricts the current limit on property tax revenue (the "levy limit") to an annual growth rate of 2.5%. Town residents can vote to override the 2.5% increase in the levy limit, but...

We assess the impact of one part of a large Canadian active labour market project known as the SelfSufficiency Project (SSP). Here, we focus on the SSP Plus component, which offered job-related services to former welfare recipients in addition to a generous earnings supplement. We explore two...

Reorganizing primary school grade spans is a tractable and relatively inexpensive school reform. However, assessing the effects of reorganization requires also examining other organizational changes that may accompany grade span reforms. Using data on New York City public schools from 1996 to...