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  • War and Taxesby Steven A. Bank; Kirk J. Stark

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    During World War II, Americans were urged to ration food, raise money, and accept higher taxes. After September 11, we were given tax cuts and asked to shop. Has the United States broken a noble tradition of fiscal sacrifice with the current, unprecedented wartime tax cuts, or are they the mark of new economic and social forces at work? War and Taxes... more...

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis and Crime Controlby John K. Roman; Terence Dunworth

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    Criminal justice programs, to be adopted in today?s climate, need demonstrate not only efficacy but return on tax dollars invested. Cost-benefit analysis, the economist's tool for determining the price of outcomes, yields a single metric that allows different interventions to be compared directly. Yet CBA is difficult, even controversial, to apply... more...

  • Decoding the U.S. Corporate Taxby Daniel N. Shaviro

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    ?The corporate tax could soon be headed in new directions,? Dan Shaviro writes in Decoding the U.S. Corporate Tax, wherein he assesses the threats to America?s corporate tax code and challenges conventional wisdom on the best avenues for reform. Shaviro dissects the vagaries of the law, lays out the fundamental policy issues, and considers the road... more...

  • The Housing Policy Revolutionby David J. Erickson

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 9.99

    Partnerships among advocates, local government, and the private sector, with the aid of federal tax incentives and block grants, have transformed our response to public housing. This book analyzes the revolution through historical political analysis and detailed case studies. more...

  • Kids Having Kidsby Saul D. Hoffman; Rebecca A. Maynard

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    Teen childbearing in the United States has been declining since 1991, yet we consistently have the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. In 1997, Kids Having Kids was the first comprehensive effort to identify the consequences of teen childbearing for the mothers, the fathers, the children, and our society. Rather than simply comparing... more...

  • Managing Government Property Assetsby Olga Kaganova; James McKellar

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    Governments own a vast array of real property--from large stretches of land to public housing projects, from water distribution systems and roads to office buildings. Typically, management of public property is highly fragmented, with each type of asset falling within a different agency or bureaucracy. In almost all countries, different... more...

  • Subprime Mortgagesby Edward M. Gramlich; Robert D. Reischauer

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    Over the past decade, a new mortgage market?offering loans at low interest rates and for little or no money down?has given low-income people an opportunity to pursue the American dream of homeownership. The resulting wave in home buying promised to stabilize neighborhoods and families, boost the economy, and reduce crime. In many ways, the optimists... more...

  • Educational Economicsby Marguerite Roza

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    Today?s taxpayers spend almost $9,000 per pupil, roughly double what they spent 30 years ago, and educational achievement doesn?t seem to be improving. With the movement toward holding schools and districts accountable for student outcomes, we might think that officials can precisely track how much they are spending per student, per program, per school.... more...

  • Asset Building and Low-Income Familiesby Signe-Mary McKernan; Michael Sherraden

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    Low-income families have scant savings to cushion a job loss or illness, and can find economic mobility impossible without funds to invest in education, homes, or businesses. And though a lack of resources leaves such families vulnerable, income-support programs are often closed to those with a bit of savings or even a car. Considering welfare-to-work... more...

  • Meeting the Needs of Children with Disabilitiesby Laudan Y. Aron; Pamela J. Loprest

    Urban Institute Press 2012; US$ 14.99

    Seldom do the needs of children with disabilities divide neatly along program lines. Instead, children and their families navigate a large, complex, and fragmented array of programs with inconsistent eligibility standards, application procedures, and program goals. Meeting the Needs of Children with Disabilities examines these programs, focusing on... more...